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By Night in Chile Study Guide

by Roberto Bolano

By Night in Chile study guide contains a biography of Roberto Bolano, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

By Night in Chile documents the rise and then regret of Sebastian Urrutia Lacroix, a Chilean priest and literary critic. The novel first documents Urrutia's rise through the literati of Chile. By making friends with Chile's greatest literary critic, Farewell, and then by meeting such literary greats as Neruda, Urrutia gives up most of the theological imperatives towards justice and service that his profession requires and, instead, focuses his energy on art, poetry, and literary criticism.

From his deathbed, the old and dying Urrutia recalls stories told to him by friends such as the story of one author meeting the German writer Ernst Junger and Farewell's story of the old shoemaker's attempt to build a monument to his home empire. These…

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• By Night in Chile Summary
• About By Night in Chile
• Character List
• Glossary of Terms
• Major Themes
• Summary and Analysis of Pages 1-30
• Summary and Analysis of Pages 31-55
• Summary and Analysis of Pages 56-75
• Summary and Analysis of Pages 76-100
• Summary and Analysis of Pages 101-130
• Politics and the Latin American Novel in the 20th Century
• Related Links on By Night in Chile
• Suggested Essay Questions
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 1
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 2
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 3
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 4
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