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Original title La Pista de Hielo Publication date 1993 Media type Print (Cloth) ISBN 8487153526 Country Chile | 3.7/5 Goodreads Language Spanish Published in English 2009 Originally published 1993 Page count 198 Translator Chris Andrews | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Publisher Alcala de Henares (Spanish)
New Directions (English) Roberto Bolaño books Monsieur Pain, Nazi Literature in the Am, Distant Star, The Insufferable Gaucho, Antwerp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Skating Rink (La Pista de Hielo in Spanish) is a novel by the Chilean author Roberto Bolaño. A translation from the Spanish by Chris Andrews was published by New Directions in August, 2009.
Summary
Set in the seaside town of Z, on the Costa Brava, north of Barcelona, The Skating Rink is told by three male narrators, revolving around a beautiful figure-skating champion, Nuria Martí. When she is suddenly dropped from the Olympic team, a pompous but besotted civil servant secretly builds a skating rink in a local ruin of a mansion, using public funds. But Nuria has affairs, provokes jealousy, and the skating rink becomes a crime scene.
References
The Skating Rink Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA