The Skating Rink

The Skating Rink is a novel by the Chilean author Roberto Bolaño. A translation from the Spanish by Chris Andrews was published by New Directions in August, 2009.

Summary

Set in the seaside town of Z, on the Costa Brava, north of Barcelona, The Skating Rink is told by three male narrators, revolving around a beautiful figure-skating champion, Nuria Martí. When she is suddenly dropped from the Olympic team, a pompous but besotted civil servant secretly builds a skating rink in a local ruin of a mansion, using public funds. But Nuria has affairs, provokes jealousy, and the skating rink becomes a crime scene.

References

Works by Roberto Bolaño

Bibliography

Novels	The Skating Rink Nazi Literature in the Americas Distant Star The Savage Detectives Amulet Monsieur Pain By Night In Chile Antwerp 2666 Una Novelita Lumpen The Third Reich Los Sinsabores del Verdadero Policía

Short story collections	Last Evenings on Earth The Return The Insufferable Gaucho The Secret of Evil

Poetry collections	The Romantic Dogs Tres La Universidad Desconocida

Non-fiction	Between Parentheses: Essays, Articles and Speeches, 1998–2003 Roberto Bolano: The Last Interview & Other Conversations

Characters	Benno von Archimboldi Arturo Belano