The Skating Rink
The Skating Rink
By: Roberto Bolaño
Published by Picador, 2025-12-02
"A genius . . . Bolaño had the courage to look at the world anew." - Ilan Stavans, The Washington Post
Set in the seaside town of Z, north of Barcelona, The Skating Rink is told in short, suspenseful chapters by three male narrators, and revolves around a beautiful figure skating champion, Nuria Martí. A ruined mansion, knife-wielding women, political corruption, sex, and jealousy all appear in this atmospheric chronicle of a single summer season in Z, with its vacationers, businessmen, immigrants, bureaucrats, social workers, and drifters.
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