The Spirit of Science Fiction - Roberto Bolaño

Category: Literature, Novel
Language: English
Keywords: Bohemian Mexico City Poetry Writing

Written by Roberto Bolaño
Read by Omar Leyva, Anthony Rey Perez, Kyla Garcia
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 80 Kbps
Unabridged

Two young poets, Jan and Remo, find themselves adrift in Mexico City. Obsessed with poetry and above all with science fiction, they are eager to forge a life in the literary world - or sacrifice themselves to it. Roberto Bolaño’s The Spirit of Science Fiction is a story of youth hungry for revolution, notoriety, and sexual adventure as they work to construct a reality out of the fragments of their dreams.

But as close as these friends are, the city tugs them in opposite directions. Jan withdraws from the world, shutting himself in their shared rooftop apartment where he feverishly composes fan letters to the stars of science fiction and dreams of cosmonauts and Nazis. Meanwhile, Remo runs headfirst into the future, spending his days and nights with a circle of wild young writers, seeking pleasure in the city’s labyrinthine streets, rundown cafés, and murky bathhouses.

This kaleidoscopic work of strange and tender beauty is a fitting introduction for listeners uninitiated into the thrills of Roberto Bolaño’s fiction and an indispensable addition to an ecstatic and transgressive body of work.

Audio Release Date:
February 5 2019

4 hrs and 48 mins