In the first 60 pages of The Savage Detectives the reader is introduced to the Mexico City literary underworld of the 1970s through the eyes of 17-year-old Juan García Madero. His point of view is that of the desperate adolescent reader: impressionable, impassioned, idealistic and longing. He vies to get the visceral realists acceptance. Not [...]
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The Savage Detectives: A Review
Posted in Art, arte, literature, South America, Uncategorized, tagged roberto bolano, the savage detectives on March 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I Want To Be A Savage Detective.
Posted in Art, arte, literature, South America, Uncategorized, tagged literature, new college, roberto bolano, the savage detectives on March 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
With freedom comes great responsibility. I am gripping this keyboard, at the edge of a chair in my Mom’s kitchen, asking the figure of a beautiful mulatta woman holding a mango, in a hanging Paul Gauguin print (Vahine no te vi, Woman of the Mango) for a hint of inspiration. I’ve lost it. Why? The [...]