Coleccion Compactos: La Pista de Hielo (Series #601) (Paperback)

from nohablo

The Skating Rink. Bolano holds our heads in the murk and ooze of an anonymous Spanish ruin like a goddam baptism. Opaque and atmospheric and admittedly narrow-scoped, but perfect in realizing and stomping out its small circumscribed territory. THE SKATING RINK is very much a minor work, with minu...

from idiotgirl

Still trying to figure out whether I liked this book. Very interesting narrative. Three men. Short first person chapters around the central place where a murder happens--the Skating Rink. Listened, the voices with three different men. Central pivot is the skater for whom the Skating Rink is built...

from nosajeel

An interesting, enjoyable book. Although the review said it has a lot in common with a police procedural that was the least interesting aspect. The kaleidoscope narrative from the perspective of three different narrators -- many of whom don't like each other -- centers around a a beautiful ice sk...

from Eoin

3.5 A good, not exceptional, short Bolaño novel. Big ups for being a murder-mystery! Worth it for the signature multi-voiced narrators and emotional range, though not the scope or depth he has shown elsewhere.

from Voise15

Poetic novella, told from the perspective of three protagonists. Brief but rewarding, but not a "sizzling cocktail" of murder mystery - more an exploration of longing and frustration.