一智利文坛巨擘罗贝托·波拉尼奥(Roberto Bolano)谢世迄今,不过短短十四个年头。作为拉美“后文学爆炸”时期小说家的代表,波拉尼奥的小说创作高潮集中在世纪之交的十年间,这正是智利刚刚结束军事独裁统治,建立民主政治的时期。独裁结束了,但它的阴影却给智利人留下难以愈合的疤痕。作家本人便是亲身经历了“拉美地狱”一代人中的一员,是在拉美和欧洲之间漂泊、如同无根蓬草般的异乡人。 Chilean literary giant Roberto Bolano died so far, but only fourteen years. As the representative of the literary novelists in Latin America and “post-literary explosion”, the climax of his writing creation focused on the ten years of the turn of the century, which is precisely the period when Chile ended military dictatorship and established democratic politics. The dictatorship is over, but its shadow leaves the Chilean with scarring to heal. The writer himself experienced one of the “Latin American hell” generations, drifting between Latin America and Europe as a foreigner without roots.