{"product_id":"the-romantic-dogs","title":"The Romantic Dogs","description":"Listed as a \"2009 Indie Next List Poetry Top Ten\" book by the American Booksellers Association: Roberto Bolaño as he saw himself, in his own first calling as a poet. Roberto Bolaño (1953-2003) has caught on like a house on fire, and The Romantic Dogs, a bilingual collection of forty-four poems, offers American readers their first chance to encounter this literary phenomenon as a poet: his own first and strongest literary persona. These poems, wide-ranging in forms and length, have appeared in magazines such as Harper's, Threepenny Review, The Believer, Boston Review, Soft Targets, Tin House, The Nation, Circumference, A Public Space, and Conduit. Bolaño's poetic voice is like no other's: \"At that time, I'd reached the age of twenty\/and I was crazy. \/I'd lost a country\/but won a dream.\/Long as I had that dream\/nothing else mattered....\"\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0811218015\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0811218015.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Bolaño, Roberto|Healy, Laura\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41583200534586,"sku":"DBV.0811218015.G","price":29.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0811218015-0.jpg?v=1786156721","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-romantic-dogs","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}