Does Bolaño's masterpiece hint at his own life, or is the author himself a literary invention? Literary Nonfiction. After Devouring 2666 by Roberto Bola�o on the New York City subway, Jonathan Russell Clark does what any good literary critic would do�he reads everything by Bola�o he can get his hands on. But the more he learns about the writer's unlikely life, the less it makes sense. Bola�o cultivated ambiguities and false identities, almost as if he were laying a trap for his future biographers. Clark's investigation into Bola�o's magnum opus is a stumble through a labyrinth where fiction and self-mythologizing converge. This book is part of a new series from Fiction Advocate called Afterwords. "A Sontag-worthy encapsulation of another writer."—Christopher Wood, The Quarterly Conversation "If you have read 2666 and loved it, like most people who've read 2666, then AN OASIS OF HORROR IN A DESERT OF BOREDOM is something of a must-read."—D. F. Lovett

An Oasis of Horror in a Desert of Boredom: Roberto Bolano's 2666 (...AFTERWORDS)

Literature & Fiction

Clark, Jonathan Russell

History & Criticism

Fiction Advocate

Review\n“Skateboard is zippy, poetic, and playful, yet grounded in history. And what a fascinating history it is! Clark moves with great and joyful agility between his profiles of pro-skaters and his meditations on the technologies that transformed skateboarding from a hobby into an artform.” ―Merve Emre, Associate Professor of English, University of Oxford, UK, and contributing writer at The New Yorker\nObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.\nHow did the skateboard go from a menacing fad to an Olympic sport? Writer and skateboarder Jonathan Russell Clark answers this question by going straight to the sources: the skaters, photographers, commentators, and industry insiders who made such an unlikely rise to worldwide juggernaut possible. Skateboarders are their own historians, which means the real history of skating exists not in archives or texts but in a hodgepodge of random and iconic videos, tattered photographs, and, mostly, in the blurry memories of the people who lived through it all. From California beaches to Tokyo 2020, the skateboard has outlasted its critics to form a global community of creativity, camaraderie, and unceasing progression.\nObject Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.

Skateboard (Object Lessons)

Bloomsbury Academic

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An Oasis of Horror in a Desert of Boredom: Roberto Bolano's 2666 (...AFTERWORDS)

Skateboard (Object Lessons)