Roberto Bolaño's most personal writings: "Perhaps I want to say that travel, sexuality, and books are paths that lead nowhere. And yet, one should embark on these paths, get lost in them, to find oneself again or - if one is lucky - to discover the new that has always existed." The great Chilean storyteller reflects on the essentials in five stories and two essays, with literature and life always seamlessly intertwined. The heir of Borges at the height of his literary prowess.