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The Skating Rink
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Wikipedia article
'The Skating Rink' ('La Pista de Hielo' in Spanish) is a novel by the Chilean author Roberto Bolao. A translation from the Spanish by Chris Andrews was published by New Directions in August, 2009.
David Sawer adapted it as an opera by the same name, first performed in July 2018.
Summary
Set in the seaside town of Z, on the Costa Brava, north of Barcelona, 'The Skating Rink' is told by three male narrators (one Mexican, one Chilean, and one Spaniard), revolving around a beautiful figure-skating champion, Nuria Mart. 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.
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Category:1993 novels
Category:Works by Roberto Bolao
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