‘The ‘Big Bang’ That Created Roberto Bolaño’s Literary Universe’

The late Chilean author’s first book, written in the late 1970s but only just published, “is called Antwerp and it is but 78 pages, even with the generous margins. … Antwerp is the creation of themes and characters that will reappear throughout Bolaño’s writings. It is also the creation of Bolaño the writer, a statement about the kind of writer he wants to be.”