marks a decisive step in Bolaño’s development as a mature novelist. Published in 1996, immediately after
La literatura nazi en América(
Nazi Literature in the Americas, 1996), it constitutes a rewriting, expansion and transformation of the final section of that novel (titled “El infame Ramírez Hoffman”).
Estrella distanteincorporates and cites
La literatura nazi–we learn, for example, that the protagonist’s best friend has authored a book on the history of neofascist literary movements in the Southern Cone, a clear reference to
La literatura nazi. At the same time, however,
Estrella distantealso takes the former novel to a higher level. Whereas
La literatura naziconsists of a series of sketches about fictional fascist writers very much in…
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Citation: Lopez-Vicuna, Ignacio. "Estrella distante". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 07 July 2012 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=32537, accessed 23 November 2024.]
