Distant Star
First edition (Spanish) | |
| Author | Roberto Bolaño |
|---|---|
| Original title | Estrella distante |
| Translator | Chris Andrews |
| Language | Spanish |
| Publisher | Anagrama (Spanish) New Directions (English) |
Publication date | 1996 |
| Publication place | Chile |
Published in English | 2004 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 157 |
| ISBN | 8433910426 |
Distant Star (Spanish: Estrella distante) is a novella by Chilean author Roberto Bolaño, first published in Spanish in 1996. Chris Andrews’s English translation was published by Harvill Press/ New Directions in 2004. The story is based on "The Infamous Ramírez Hoffman", the last chapter of Bolaño's book of imaginary history of Nazi Literature in the Americas in which the protagonist's name is Carlos Ramírez Hoffman.