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 Фёдор Достоевский
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 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 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.