Reviews

Amuleto by Roberto Bolaño

jsimpson's review against another edition

4.0

Nice little book about "the Mother of Mexican Poetry," who is the lone resistor to the Army occupation of the University in 1968. She hides out in the woman's room, waits it for an unbelievable 13 days. During those days, she reflects on her childhood in Chile, her present situation in her bathroom cage, and her future life inlived. The tenses are all freely interspersed; and the loose, disassociative time sense is intriguing, and drives the novel, not to mention a jewelled heart beneath, that stops this from being strictly experimental fiction.

lorenzodf's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

terelee's review against another edition

2.0

Se nota que Bolaño escribe muy bien, pero no me enganché nunca.

alaidemo's review against another edition

4.0

muy fan de Roberto Bolaño haciendo su multiverse of madness, la vrdd.

¡viva Auxilio Lacouture, madre de la poesía mexicana!

delita's review

slow-paced

3.75

de momentos muy confuso, a veces aburrido, pero en otros interesante y curioso.
fue una lectura lenta para las pocas páginas del libro, pero la historia te hace querer saber más.

sebastianmihail's review against another edition

5.0

Cum poate să scrie omul ăsta!
Senzaţia e ca şi cum te-ai arunca într-o apă curgătoare şi, în timp ce te scufunzi în lichidul rece, observi în detaliu tot ce se petrece în lumea de dedesubt.

supreeth's review against another edition

3.0

Amulet has a sentence with the year 2666 mentioned once. Perhaps this is the only clue behind the mystery of the title.

cronosmu's review against another edition

4.0

Si pudiera resumir este libro con una frase sencilla, diría que la mayor virtud es la magnífica prosa de la que Bolaño hace alarde en esta pequeña novela. Se trata de un texto sumamente lírico que, a decir verdad, destaca más por sus cualidades narrativas que por la trama que aquí se maneja.

Aunque el tema del México 68 peca de lugar común - uno muy cursi, por cierto, y que se ha elevado más como mito de unos mártires que merecerían un mejor estudio acerca del tema y no esa verdad políticamente correcta que no permite tener una visión más abarcadora -, el tratamiento que hace Bolaño es conmovedor. Como no podía ser de otra forma, era necesario dar un paseo por la poesía. Ahí está la máxima de este escritor: la metaliteratura debe tener vísceras, entrañadas, carne.

will_davis122's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

kbrier's review against another edition

3.0

I liked it, but I was confused for most of the time I was reading it.