Tra parentesi by Roberto Bolaño, Ignacio Echevarría

4.21 AVERAGE

readbyrodkelly's review against another edition

4.0
Bolaño and I have quite the love affair going, yes. But this collection meanders at times, and I could've done without many of these pieces for their dullness. The glory of this collection is Bolaño's praise of a wide range of authors and books, many of which I would never have been interested in without his glowing endorsements. I shall certainly follow where he leads, but otherwise, this collected work of journalism doesn't have quite the impact of his inimitable fictional output...and I'm okay with that.