NMLP P-028035 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Distant Star

Roberto Bolaño (trans. Chris Andrews) · New Directions, New York · 2004

The true first is the Spanish Estrella distante (Editorial Anagrama, Barcelona, 'Narrativas hispánicas' series, October 1996). In English, the 2004 New Directions Paperbook is the first US edition; a Harvill Press UK edition also appeared in 2004, so English-language precedence between the two is close and worth verifying rather than asserting outright.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-028035 for "Distant Star" by Roberto Bolaño (trans. Chris Andrews) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-028035, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).