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A review by saif42
Nazi Literature in the Americas by Roberto Bolaño
4.0
No one ever thinks to write fun books anymore. This is one of those rare fun books.
Here, Bolano writes a fictional encyclopedia of Fascist authors, complete with biographies, bibliographies, their romantic lives, triumphs and downfalls. It's got a few genuinely funny moments but its entertaining and witty throughout. Now if reading about a fictional Nazi intelligentsia in the America's isn't your thing, I'm not sure you really know how to party.
I skipped the post script entirely but I'm sure the whole thing is chocked with references. I always wonder how someone ever gets inspired to write something as strange as this but the novelty of the idea alone hooked me in. Read this if you like Po-Mo, it's Bolano's shortest book too afaik.
Here, Bolano writes a fictional encyclopedia of Fascist authors, complete with biographies, bibliographies, their romantic lives, triumphs and downfalls. It's got a few genuinely funny moments but its entertaining and witty throughout. Now if reading about a fictional Nazi intelligentsia in the America's isn't your thing, I'm not sure you really know how to party.
I skipped the post script entirely but I'm sure the whole thing is chocked with references. I always wonder how someone ever gets inspired to write something as strange as this but the novelty of the idea alone hooked me in. Read this if you like Po-Mo, it's Bolano's shortest book too afaik.