Monthly Archives: January 2026

I keep changing my mind on whether I liked the second part of the book better or the first. At first, I did not like the book at all but I feel like I’m getting used to it now. Now that I’ve read more of the book I’m starting to like the first half of […] Continue reading →

Unlike the very first part of The Savage Detectives, I’m not going into this second part completely blind because of our discussions in class where it was mentioned that this second part would take a shift from García Madero’s journal entries to a multi-narrative style (multiperspectivity? polyperspectivity? polyphonic narration? I just searched on Google “word for multiple narrators” … Continue reading The Savage Detectives II (pp. 143-205) Continue reading →

Alberto Moore’s entry begins as such: “What Luisito says is true, up to a point. My sister is an utter lunatic, yes, but she’s charming, only twenty-two, a year older than me, and an extremely intelligent woman” (p.162). It got Continue reading Week 4: What’s This Written For – I love Perla – Memory Palace→ Continue reading →

WEEK 4. This week’s poem is one I wrote. I am not an aspiring poet, nor do I get much pleasure out of poetry as I do with narrative prose and plays. But it is a path one must take to explore all facets of shiny, diamond, text. I came across the concept the concept […] Continue reading →

As you might recall, I really enjoyed reading the first part of The Savage Detectives, but now… I am not even sure how I feel. From the very beginning, I have felt that I always need to be on the hunt for details, making connections, connecting the dots with Bolaño but at this point I’m … Continue reading The Savage Detectives Part II: What is going on? Continue reading →

For my second blog on The Savage Detectives, it took me a moment to try and decide what an appropriate title could be for my post. I’ve called it “Additional Context” because as I was reading, especially with the characters we saw little glimpses of in the first part, more of the puzzle was starting to come […] Continue reading →

Just as I said that I liked the journal-style writing in the first part of the book, I also really like the writing style of the second part. I am assuming that all the different voices talking are to represent these people being interviewed. In the first paragraph of section two we see: “Amadeo Salvatierra, […] Continue reading →