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... 'best of the 00's' lists, as well as Booker Prize winners and such.
In no particular order:
2666 / Roberto Bolaño
By Night in Chile / Roberto Bolaño
The kindly ones / Jonathan Littell
The Blind Assassin / Margaret Atwood
The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao / Junot Díaz.
... In no particular order
By Night In Chile by Roberto Bolano *
2666 by Roberto Bolano *
The Amazing Adventures Of Kavalier And Clay *
Under The Skin by Michel Faber
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Tender Is The Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon
... Thanks Karen, good to hear.
I finished By Night in Chile by Roberto Bolano. It is the deathbed recounting of a life lived in Chile by a priest who juggled the church, and the politics of the oppressors all to do what he wanted - which was to imagine himself an artist: a poet and a critic.
... I will repeat from the last thread. I am reading By Night in Chile by Roberto Bolano. I am in a bit of a reading funk. Hopefully I will snap out of it.
I am in Chile with By Night in Chile by Roberto Bolano. You are not offensive Belva.
I am reading By Night in Chile by Roberto Bolano. I am in a bit of a reading funk, so I am hoping this will get me out of it.
12> I was actually disappointed at the Bolano exclusion. By Night in Chile was incredible AND fairly accessible, not what I would deem a "snotty" pick. hacia tiempo que tenia pendiente leer algo de bolaño y este verano pasado lei los detectives salvajes, nocturno de chile y 2666. todas las obras me parecieron desiguales.secciones muy buenas -incluyendo momentos de literatura sublime- y secciones exasperantes -a veces larguisimas- que daban ... My latest batch of books.
By Night in Chile by Roberto Bolano
Short book set during the dictatorship of Pinochet. It is the deathbed confession of a half-hearted, disillusioned priest. It recounts his life and how he let the regime use him in exchange for a more sensual life. It is ... ... Gathering Night by Margaret Elphinstone
Departing at Dawn by Gloria Lise
By Night in Chile by Roberto Bolano
36. Nocturno de Chile - Bolano
A priest and literary critic from Chili describes his life in a feverish dream. Bolano - Nocturno de Chile ... by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev 4/29/09
122. Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe 04/30/09
123. Beowulf 04/30/09
124. By Night in Chile by Roberto Bolaño 04/30/09 ... by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev 4/29/09
122. Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe 04/30/09
123. Beowulf 04/30/09
124. By Night in Chile by Roberto Bolaño 04/30/09 ...
The Queue - Sorokin
Novel on Yellow Paper, or, Work it out for Yourself - Stevie Smith
Collected Stories - Kafka
By Night in Chile - Bolaño
A Tramp Abroad - Twain
Heavy Water - M. Amis
Venus and Adonis - Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice - Shakespeare
The Voyage Out - ... ... a couple months ago. I loved it.
I've heard some critics mention that you should tackle the shorter books (Amulet, By Night in Chile, etc.) before tackling 2666 -- akin to reading Crying of Lot 49 before tackling Gravity's Rainbow
Bolano, like Pynchon, creates a hermetic ... ... I love your expression "a test drive before tackling 2666" which is how I was viewing this. My library also has a copy of By Night in Chile which I might read later. This morning I've just started another Boyle book The Inner Circle which is looking good so far. 18. By Night in Chile by Roberto Bolano - a short but interesting novel in the form of a deathbed monologue of a Jesuit priest trying to come to terms with his right-wing associations (Pinochet and his generals). I found the very long sentences a bit of a struggle, but otherwise enjoyed it. Read Chile by Night by Roberto Bolano. A deathbed monologue of a Jesuit priest trying to come to terms with his right-wing associations i.e. Pinochet and his generals. Short novel with some very long sentences. An interesting read with lots of literary allusions. I am By Night in Chile by Roberto Bolano. ... of My Company {4/10}
17. SWITZERLAND - Man in the Holocene {4/14}
18. AUSTRIA - Chess Story {4/24}
19. CHILE - By Night in Chile {4/30}
20. HUNGRY - Darkness at Noon {5/4}
21. FRANCE - The Devil's Pool {5/26}
22. ITALY - Zeno's Conscience {5/29}
23. SWEDEN - The Girl with ... ... of a book sale and no willpower whatsoever..
The Girl with No Shadow by joanne harris
Pravda by Edward Docx
By Night In Chile by Roberto bolano
Who the Hell is Pansy O'hara? : The Fascinating Stories behind 50 of the World's Best-Loved Books by Jenny Bond ... the hype, but it made me an instant Bolano fan. I've since read his excellent novel Amulet, and his collections By Night in Chile and Last Evenings on Earth. I've pre-ordered his new novel Nazi Literature in the Americas, which arrives in Feb., and even as we speak, his 1000-plus ... I'm currently reading By Night in Chile by Roberto Bolano. another excellent discussion of Roberto Bolano"s Savage Detectives but in the wider context of what makes Latin American literature distintive from other threads...
see in :SLATE...Mayhem in Mexico City by Paul Berman
http://www.slate.com/id/2173485/fr/flyout now in Tel Aviv still reading the world romp of Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano. Robero Bolano: By Night in Chile, The Savage Detectives, etc.; Javier Marias: Your Face Tomorrow, The Dark Back of Time...; Javier Garcia Sanchez: The Others. ... up recently (from the New Directions website).
Amulet is a monologue, like Bolaño'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 ...
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