By Night in Chile
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By Night in Chile is a short, introspective novel by Roberto Bolaño that follows a dying priest’s fevered recollections to explore art, complicity, and political repression under Pinochet’s dictatorship.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| By Night in Chile canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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short novel ⓘ |
| author | Roberto Bolaño NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Chilean ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
Farewell
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María Canales NERFINISHED ⓘ Pinochet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Chile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction
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novella ⓘ political fiction ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | stage adaptation ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Catholic Church in Chile
NERFINISHED
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Chilean literature ⓘ Latin American dictatorship ⓘ intellectual life in Chile ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Pinochet dictatorship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Spanish ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 20th century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation |
Catholic priest
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literary critic ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| narrator | Sebastián Urrutia Lacroix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of Chilean intellectuals under dictatorship
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exploration of moral responsibility ⓘ stream-of-consciousness style ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Nocturno de Chile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | 130 ⓘ |
| protagonist | Sebastián Urrutia Lacroix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisherOfEnglishEdition | New Directions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Chile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | single monologue ⓘ |
| theme |
Catholic Church and dictatorship
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art and politics ⓘ complicity ⓘ guilt ⓘ memory ⓘ political repression ⓘ |
| tone |
feverish
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introspective ⓘ |
| translatedTitle | By Night in Chile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| translator | Chris Andrews NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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