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 NERFINISHED
centralEvent murder
centralMotif ice skating rink
countryOfOrigin Chile NERFINISHED
firstPublicationYear 1993
genre crime fiction
literary fiction
mystery fiction
hasCharacter Carmen NERFINISHED
Caro NERFINISHED
Nuria Martí NERFINISHED
Rafael NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Enric Rosquelles NERFINISHED
Gaspar Heredia NERFINISHED
Remo Morán NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
partOf Roberto Bolaño bibliography NERFINISHED
publisherFirstEdition Editorial Anagrama NERFINISHED
settingCountry Spain NERFINISHED
settingLocation Spanish seaside town
timePeriodOfSetting late 20th century
toldFromPerspectiveOf Enric Rosquelles NERFINISHED
Gaspar Heredia NERFINISHED
Remo Morán NERFINISHED
translatorToEnglish Chris Andrews NERFINISHED

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Roberto Bolaño notableWork The Skating Rink