Marcela Valdes

Marcela Valdes is a contributing editor at Publishers Weekly. She is at work on a book about Chile.

Currently

  • Alone Among the Ghosts

    November 19, 2008

    Roberto Bolaño's last novel, 2666, is his most profound exploration of art and infamy, craft and crime, the writer and the totalitarian state.

  • Windows Into the Night

    March 13, 2008

    The collected nonfiction of Roberto Bolaño is a treasure trove filled with straw and dust, jewels and gold.

2007

  • Rules of the Game

    November 15, 2007

    A fresh translation of a Portuguese classic offers a poignant portrait of a country's decline.

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