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Last Evenings on Earth

Last Evenings on Earth

Last Evenings on Earth is a collection of short stories by the Chilean author Roberto Bolaño, published in 1997 with a translation into English by Chris Andrews published in 2006. The stories in this volume were selected from two Spanish language collections, Llamadas Telefonicas , and Putas Asesinas . The remaining stories in these two collections were later gathered in The Return.


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“The Eye never said good-bye to anyone. I never said good-bye to anyone either.”

Mauricio ('The Eye') Silva
Last Evenings on Earth (2006)
Context: One day I heard that The Eye had left Mexico. I wasn't surprised that he hadn't said good-bye. The Eye never said good-bye to anyone. I never said good-bye to anyone either.

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