"The Last Night on Earth" consists of fourteen stories. The protagonist of most of the stories is "B": a Chilean exile who wanders aimlessly in South America and Europe, stringing together the stories of other people of his generation. Almost all of them are a generation of people who have been disillusioned in their exile life, struggling on the edge and trapped in nightmares. These people are like in a dream, constantly changing their images, names or backgrounds in different stories. Critics generally believe that Bolaño's proficiency in short stories is comparable to that of Kafka and Borges.
