Tılsım by Roberto Bolaño

144 pages first pub 1999 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Powered by AI (Beta)
Loading...

Description

Amulet is a monologue, like Bolano's acclaimed debut in English, By Night in Chile. The speaker is Auxilio Lacouture, a Uruguayan woman who moved to Mexico in the 1960s, becoming the "Mother of Mexican Poetry," hanging out with the young poets in ...

Read more

Community Reviews Summary of 521 reviews

Moods

reflective 76%
challenging 57%
mysterious 57%
dark 46%
emotional 34%
sad 30%
funny 19%
hopeful 19%
inspiring 19%
adventurous 15%
tense 11%
informative 7%

Pace

medium 53%
slow 30%
fast 15%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 65% | A mix: 17% | Plot: 13% | N/A: 4%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 45% | Yes: 30% | No: 20% | N/A: 5%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 55% | It's complicated: 20% | No: 20% | N/A: 5%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 52% | It's complicated: 23% | No: 17% | N/A: 5%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

It's complicated: 44% | Yes: 33% | No: 16% | N/A: 5%

Average rating

3.8

See all reviews...

Content Warnings

This book doesn't have any content warnings yet!

If you're the author of this book and want to add author-approved content warnings, please email us at [email protected] to request the content warning form.