A majestic, visionary and life-spanning collection of poetry from the first great classic writer of the 21stcentury, Roberto Bolano. Though he reached international literary stardom for his novels, Roberto Bolaño always considered himself, first and foremost, a poet. This volume unites more than three hundred poems, written from his youth to his final years, that probe the animating themes at the core of his oeuvre: literature, politics, exile, love, death. Audacious and unique, this collection reveals Bolaño's full, extraordinary life in verse. 'An epic artistic journey . filled with sorrows and joys and discoveries' Los Angeles Times 'Bolaño was a game changer: his field was politics, poetry and melancholia . and his writing was always unparalleled' Mariana Enríquez.