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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
Pequeña, pero matona. Ya había leído "Llamadas telefónicas" de Bolaño, y como cuentista, lo considero uno de los mejores. Esta novelita la abordé con altas expectativas y no me ha defraudado.
Estructura bien planteada en la que las historias de los distintos personajes se imbrican formando una red de interconexiones increíbles que acaban revelando, bajo el marbete del género negro o policial, tensiones y situaciones políticas propias del Chile de Pinochet, así como del fenómeno del exilio, tan acusado en el pasado siglo XX.
Pero Bolaño no solo se contenta con eso, sino que, además, nos sumerge de forma magistral en un texto de crítica socio-literaria sobre las relaciones entre la nueva y la antigua literatura, entre los padres y los hijos del panorama literario hispanoamericano. Y no faltan, tampoco, las referencias a una Europa decadente y que ha perdido el monopolio no solo en el espacio cultural, sino en los demás.
Siempre es un placer leerte, Bolaño.
Estructura bien planteada en la que las historias de los distintos personajes se imbrican formando una red de interconexiones increíbles que acaban revelando, bajo el marbete del género negro o policial, tensiones y situaciones políticas propias del Chile de Pinochet, así como del fenómeno del exilio, tan acusado en el pasado siglo XX.
Pero Bolaño no solo se contenta con eso, sino que, además, nos sumerge de forma magistral en un texto de crítica socio-literaria sobre las relaciones entre la nueva y la antigua literatura, entre los padres y los hijos del panorama literario hispanoamericano. Y no faltan, tampoco, las referencias a una Europa decadente y que ha perdido el monopolio no solo en el espacio cultural, sino en los demás.
Siempre es un placer leerte, Bolaño.
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
There’s this pervasive, hypnotic haze that I feel when reading bolaño. It was extremely apparent in the part about the women in 2666, but, due to its structure, the hypnotism was much more obvious. This story, short and potent, made me as sad as I am whenever I see fog in San Francisco.
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A gem of a novel from Bolaño. If you enjoyed his Nazi Literature in The Americas you'll enjoy this.
challenging
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
dark
informative
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
funny
informative
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This is the first Bolaño I've read. Ben McFall recommended him to me years ago on a shift, and I after reading this I'm really excited to try more. Ben hit the nail on the head. The prose was so rich with detail without ever letting the pace falter. It reminded me of Mann. I really enjoyed the humor and conversational tone as well. He deftly jumps between the lives of different characters, blending history, travelogue, lit crit, and gossip session all in one, until you find yourself gripped in a noir thriller.
The only thing holding me personally back from 5 stars on this is my lack of a background in the personalities of Chilean literature. I simply don't know if these people were real, fictional, or satiric so I imagine there are layers to this that I wasn't able to appreciate. But I loved what I got!
Borrowed from BPL
The only thing holding me personally back from 5 stars on this is my lack of a background in the personalities of Chilean literature. I simply don't know if these people were real, fictional, or satiric so I imagine there are layers to this that I wasn't able to appreciate. But I loved what I got!
Borrowed from BPL
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Reading started off good then I switched to audiobook and by the end of the book I realized I had no clue what happened, will read again later in the year!
dark
mysterious