Roberto Bolaño Thread

By Night in Chile and Distant Star are shorter works, but still gold

Some of his short stories in Last days on earth are very good, like standalone chapters that you get in Savage Detectives.

do you just put words together in hopes of seeming smart? it aint working

the english version sounds so different in tone. the spanish sounds more formal, almost colloquial. This sounds like an english teacher rantiing to his class. mybe because it is a literal translation?

Yes, Loved it. Original spanish. The mayor was kinda of a shit character but otherwise lovely little book.