{"product_id":"9780811223997","title":"The Romantic Dogs: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eListed as a \"2009 Indie Next List Poetry Top Ten\" book by the American Booksellers Association: Roberto Bolano as he saw himself, in his own first calling as a poet.\u003c\/p\u003e Roberto Bolano (1953-2003) has caught on like a house on fire, and \u003cem\u003eThe Romantic Dogs\u003c\/em\u003e, 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 \u003cem\u003eHarper's\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThreepenny Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSoft Targets\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTin House\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCircumference\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA Public Space\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eConduit\u003c\/em\u003e. Bolano'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....\"","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129277726960,"sku":"9780811223997","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780811223997_p0.jpg?v=1763742697","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780811223997","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}