Distant Star

<p>Alberto Ruiz-Tagle was once the quiet unknowable unpromising member of Chile&#146;s young poetry scene. But the military coup of 1973 sees Alberto reborn as Chile&#146;s leading celebrity poet Carlos Wieder. Known for his daring sky poems penned in smoke high above the cities Weider&#146;s dazzling trajectory is a cause for astonishment and speculation amongst his old poetry friends. Where did this talent suddenly spring from? And how is it connected to the disappearance of the beautiful Garmendia twins? <br><br>Told from across the years in exile in Europe the narrator&#146;s attempts to trace the fate of his old circle will lead him to one last confrontation with the brutality of their generation. <br><br><b>Elegant pocket-sized paperbacks VINTAGE Editions celebrate the audacity and ambition of the written word transporting readers to wherever in the world literary innovation may be found.</b></p>