{"product_id":"book-px9l","title":"Last Evenings on Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Extraordinarily beautiful . . . [Like] a dream from which we awake inspired to look more attentively at the world.\u003c\/b\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Francine Prose, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA journey to Acapulco gradually becomes a descent into the underworld. An elderly South American writer instructs a protégé in the subterfuges of entering work for provincial literary prizes. A litany unfolds, offering sixty-nine reasons why not to dance with Pablo Neruda. \"The melancholy folklore of exile,\" as Roberto Bolaño once put it, pervades the fourteen haunting stories of \u003ci\u003eLast Evenings on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e. Set in the Chilean exile diaspora of Latin America and Europe, and peopled by Bolano's beloved \"failed generation,\" this collection was the first to introduce the English-speaking world to Bolaño's immeasurable gifts as a short-story writer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":50118394642736,"sku":"BDpx9l","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/px9l-Square-cover.jpg?v=1769773308","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-px9l","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}