Roberto Bolaño

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ReviewJul 18, 2026

I'll review it

it's fucking goated

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MentionJul 10, 2026

Comment on Does the emperor have clothes? Idk

…lly speaking. For one, Bolaño is basically Borges with "overdetail" and I think @2666 is absolutely amazing. I've yet to read BoJ––it's near the top of my list for the next big book I want to tackle––but I liked @Drive Your P…

@antiform2666

ListJun 18, 2026

books with the coolest names

completely independent of the content of any of these books, i just think these names are rad on their own :) feel free to suggest more

@performativereaderNazi Literature in the Americas

ListJun 15, 2026

want to read

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QuoteNov 4, 2025

Jacinto Requena

One day I asked him where he'd been. He told me that he'd traveled along a river that connects Mexico and Central America. As far as I know, there is no such river. But he told me he'd traveled along this river and that now he could say he knew its twists and…

@smokeylonesomeThe savage detectives

ReviewAug 27, 2024

Lost or Lost in Translation

I don't know how I feel about the Savage Detectives. It's definitely about feeling lost. I felt lost reading it. I don't know what is attributable to intent, whether I ought to have felt lost, or whether something was lost, in a given passage, via literal tra…

@burntsaffronThe savage detectives

QuoteAug 27, 2024

Roberto Bolaño

Now it would be nice to tell a joke or two, but I can only think of one on the spot like this, just one. What's more, it's a Galician joke. Maybe you've heard it before. A man goes walking in the forest. Like me, for example, walking in a forest like the Parc…

@burntsaffronThe savage detectives

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I'll review it

Comment on Does the emperor have clothes? Idk

books with the coolest names

want to read

Jacinto Requena

Lost or Lost in Translation

Roberto Bolaño