Bolaño's short stories are really great. The only downside of this book for me is that it contains some of the stories from Putas Asesinas, which I had already read. So far this seems to be a better collection though. The stories are more engaging and the book is a good mix of what's best in Bolaño's work. The irony, the humor, the horror, the despair and sense of impending doom, it's all there.
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Andre rated Part of the World: 3 stars
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
The searing, postapocalyptic novel destined to become Cormac McCarthy's masterpiece.
The Road is the profoundly moving story of a journey. …
Andre rated Notes from Underground: 5 stars
Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Notes from Underground (pre-reform Russian: Записки изъ подполья; post-reform Russian: Записки из подполья, tr. Zapíski iz podpólʹya), also translated as …
Andre rated Slaughterhouse-Five: 5 stars
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time, Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is …
Andre rated Fictions de Jorge Luis Borges: 3 stars
Andre rated On the Road: 4 stars
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
On the Road is a 1957 novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, based on the travels of Kerouac and his …
Andre rated Count Zero (Sprawl, #2): 3 stars
Count Zero (Sprawl, #2) by William Gibson
Count Zero is a science fiction novel by American-Canadian writer William Gibson, originally published in 1986. It is the second …
Andre rated The Drawing of the Three: 3 stars
The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King (The Dark Tower, #2)
The Drawing of the Three is a dark fantasy novel by American writer Stephen King. It is the second book …
Andre rated Travesuras de la niña mala: 4 stars
Valis by Philip K. Dick
Valis stands for Vast Active Living Intelligence System from an American film.
Andre rated The Man in the High Castle: 4 stars
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
The Man in the High Castle is an alternate history novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. Published and set …
Andre rated Distant star: 5 stars
Andre reviewed Last Evenings On Earth by Roberto Bolao
Review of 'Last Evenings On Earth' on 'GoodReads'
5 stars
Andre reviewed Tristessa by Jack Kerouac
Tristessa is a novella by Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac set in Mexico City. It …
Review of 'Tristessa' on 'GoodReads'
3 stars
This was my first Kerouac book, and it felt a little weird... Some passages were beautiful but others were very confusing, due to the language, structure and crazyness of the characters themselves, I guess. It may require another read so I can fully appreciate it.