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A review by birdybird
By Night in Chile by Roberto Bolaño
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Besides the style, the book was difficult to read for me due to my own ignorance of Chile’s history. Something to keep note of when I revisit the book someday.
The last twenty pages alone justify my 4.0. Here is where everything was simultaneously unraveled and tied together as the narrator’s (failing) morality mirrored beyond his personal self and these failings are rationalized. His fervent defenses of his own behavior in the face of the “wizened youth” is almost comical as the defenses are just as extreme as what he has done. Will look forward to reading more of Bolaño’s work.
The last twenty pages alone justify my 4.0. Here is where everything was simultaneously unraveled and tied together as the narrator’s (failing) morality mirrored beyond his personal self and these failings are rationalized. His fervent defenses of his own behavior in the face of the “wizened youth” is almost comical as the defenses are just as extreme as what he has done. Will look forward to reading more of Bolaño’s work.