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Walking hand in hand with time
In my experience reading this short novel by Bolaño, time seems to me not as a reference to a time frame in which Amulet takes place, or through which Auxilio moves linearly. For me, the time of Amulet is an element that walks hand in hand with Auxilio Lacouture. It is almost like a crocheted blanket that she knits and then unravels, and to which she returns when she feels like it. Time in this novel is both a factual event that occurs and a dream that haunts Auxilio, leading…read more Continue reading
Bolaño and the History of the Future
Bolaño’s fiction, whether set in Chile or Mexico, is as much about a memory of Latin America as it is about the region’s actuality, even if that memory is sometimes also a memory of the future. Audio | Transcript | … Continue reading Continue reading
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2666 III: Order with the Possibility of Suicide
“The Part of Amalfitano” is, at almost exactly eighty pages, the shortest of the five parts that make up 2666. It expands on the character, circumstances, and history of Oscar Amalfitano, a professor at the University of Santa Teresa and … Continue reading Continue reading
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2666 II: Machine Reading
Upon reaching the end of “The Part of the Crimes,” it is hard to see how it could have stood on its own. And yet, according to the note that prefaces the entire novel, that was Bolaño’s plan, communicated just … Continue reading Continue reading
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The Savage Detectives II: The Limits of Heteroglossia
The second part of The Savage Detectives is itself entitled “The Savage Detectives,” with the addition of the dates: 1976–1996. What then is the relationship between this part and the book as a whole? Is this the core, the essence … Continue reading Continue reading
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