Monthly Archives: March 2026

About Bolaño… OFTEN there are times, when I think I understand a whole text. I do not. For example, I do not understand the author’s writing experience, or his or her emotional process as they wrote their lives away. At this point, I approach this novel as auto-fiction. About Bolaño’s life. I have not yet […] Continue reading →

I finished the book, and I really liked it. I love how it’s a huge puzzle, instead of a conventional plot with the “introduction, rising action, climax, denouement, resolution”. In fact it’s a huge puzzle missing many pieces – Bolaño Continue reading Week 11: The Sun Also Rises in the Sonora Desert→ Continue reading →

Ahhh. This was the easiest that picking up Bolaño has been all semester. I’ll admit I’ve done most of my reading early Wednesday morning and late Wednesday night this semester (so that I can write my blog before midnight and work on things for my two other Thursday classes that are due in the morning […] Continue reading →

Photos: Front cover of the novel « The Savage Detectives » and image of author Roberto Bolaño First immediate reactions after reading Part III First of all, I cannot believe that we are finally at the end! We’re finally done reading this 600-page something book! This has been one of the longest-awaited moments since the start of […] Continue reading →

Well, my friends, it’s finally over. Continue reading →

Hi everybody!!! The end of SD did not really compel me or excite me. The novel was not for me and I often felt that it could have been shorter ( but i mean , its length exists for a reason). I remember there was a diary entry about buying toothbrushes and Lupe taking too […] Continue reading →

Well we’ve finally done it folks, we’ve reached the end of The Savage Detectives! I’ve only had a few days to really digest it all, so as you read through my final blog post on The Savage Detectives, keep in mind these are just my first impressions on Part III – The Sonora Desert. Also, if you … Continue reading The Savage Detectives V (pp. 591-648) Continue reading →

Well, we did it. The last few pages of part three of The Savage Detectives reminded me of one of those heist movies where everything goes wrong, and it’s stressful to watch, and maybe the characters involved aren’t even entirely likeable or competent, but you still end up feeling kind of bad for most of … Continue reading →

Hi everyone! I cannot believe we have all finished The Savage Detectives, it felt like this day would never come. I want to first reflect on the action of not only reading a long book, but reading it alongside peers that are having the same experience; this is something I have never done before personally. […] Continue reading →