The Return is a collection of short stories by the Chilean author Roberto Bolaño, published in English in 2010, translated by Chris Andrews.

The narrator (Roberto Bolaño) recalls a dream about meeting the dead poet Enrique Lihn; a previous correspondence with him included a discussion of Chile's "six tigers of Chilean poetry" (including Bolaño himself) though by the time of their meeting none of the poets had achieved much, excluding Rodrigo Lira, who had committed suicide.

They eventually return to the bar where Lihn tells him that "The tigers are finished, and, It was sweet while it lasted, and, You’re not going to believe this, Bolaño, but in this neighborhood only the dead go out for a walk.

"[2] Mina Holland gave the collection a positive review for The Guardian, praising its lively, compelling storytelling.

[3] Darryl Whetter praised The Return for The Globe and Mail, particularly The Prefiguration of Lalo Cura, but found some of the stories to be weak, particularly the first and last.