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
centralEvent murder
centralMotif ice skating rink
countryOfOrigin Chile
firstPublicationYear 1993
genre crime fiction
literary fiction
mystery fiction
hasCharacter Carmen
Caro
Nuria Martí
linked to: María Esteve

Rafael
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
mainCharacter Enric Rosquelles
Gaspar Heredia
Remo Morán
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
linked to: The Rink
partOf Roberto Bolaño bibliography
publisherFirstEdition Editorial Anagrama
settingCountry Spain
settingLocation Spanish seaside town
timePeriodOfSetting late 20th century
toldFromPerspectiveOf Enric Rosquelles
Gaspar Heredia
Remo Morán
translatorToEnglish Chris Andrews

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Roberto Bolaño notableWork The Skating Rink