The Skating Rink

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The Skating Rink is a short novel by Roberto Bolaño that blends crime, obsession, and political undercurrents in a fragmented, multi-perspective narrative set in a Spanish seaside town.

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
short novel ⓘ
author Roberto Bolaño ⓘ
centralEvent murder ⓘ
centralMotif ice skating rink ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Chile ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1993 ⓘ
genre crime fiction ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ
hasCharacter Carmen ⓘ
Caro ⓘ
Nuria Martí ⓘ
linked to: María Esteve

Rafael ⓘ
hasEnglishTranslation Yes ⓘ
hasForm prose ⓘ
hasLiteraryStyle experimental narrative ⓘ
postmodern ⓘ
hasPageCountApprox 200 ⓘ
hasTheme corruption ⓘ
crime ⓘ
jealousy ⓘ
obsession ⓘ
political undercurrents ⓘ
unrequited love ⓘ
hasTone dark ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ
literaryMovement Latin American post-boom ⓘ
mainCharacter Enric Rosquelles ⓘ
Gaspar Heredia ⓘ
Remo Morán ⓘ
narrativeForm multi-perspective narrative ⓘ
narrativeStructure fragmented ⓘ
notableFor blending crime plot with political commentary ⓘ
use of multiple unreliable narrators ⓘ
originalLanguage Spanish ⓘ
originalTitle La pista de hielo ⓘ
linked to: The Rink
partOf Roberto Bolaño bibliography ⓘ
publisherFirstEdition Editorial Anagrama ⓘ
settingCountry Spain ⓘ
settingLocation Spanish seaside town ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting late 20th century ⓘ
toldFromPerspectiveOf Enric Rosquelles ⓘ
Gaspar Heredia ⓘ
Remo Morán ⓘ
translatorToEnglish Chris Andrews ⓘ

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