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A review by sam_banchowski
Nazi Literature in the Americas by Roberto Bolaño
3.0
What can one say about a book that is solely a catalogue detailing the biographies of American men and women of letters who happen to have varying shades of sympathy for Nazi ideologies? Oh, did I mention all of the authors are the fictional offspring of Bolaño's fertile imagination?
To further confuse matters, Bolaño manages to include references to some well-known American authors, although the veracity of these anecdotes is intentionally dubious. Also interesting is the return of the Romanian general from 2666; Eugenio Entrescu.
All this makes me suspect that this book is Bolaño fleshing out the universe in which all of his books are set. A universe that is essentially like our own, and yet is an allegory of our universe.
I'd recommend this to fans of Bolaño only. The last writer considered in this book (one of the more interesting biographies) is considered in expanded form in the novella "Amulet".
To further confuse matters, Bolaño manages to include references to some well-known American authors, although the veracity of these anecdotes is intentionally dubious. Also interesting is the return of the Romanian general from 2666; Eugenio Entrescu.
All this makes me suspect that this book is Bolaño fleshing out the universe in which all of his books are set. A universe that is essentially like our own, and yet is an allegory of our universe.
I'd recommend this to fans of Bolaño only. The last writer considered in this book (one of the more interesting biographies) is considered in expanded form in the novella "Amulet".