[np] Bolano

[Bekah]

I agree -   Imo,  (after reading about 1/4)   "The Savage Detectives"  
could be retitled "Sex Lives of Young Wanna-Be Poets."  I may not  
finish this one (and I'm big on finishing).    "The Savage  
Detectives"  was a huge disappointment from "2666"  which I really  
enjoyed although it was pretty intense about all those dead women.    
Knowing that central part is based on a true situation  made it more  
readable.

Google  -    Juarez women murdered.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_homicides_in_Ciudad_Juárez

Bekah

On Oct 18, 2009, at 8:18 AM, rich wrote:

> I think Bolano is really overrated. not that he's bad mind you but
> alot of what I've read bored me to tears like the savage detectives
> and at least half of 2666--tho the part of about the murders is very
> effective and chilling mostly b/c the characters aren't poets or
> writers or intellectuals who tend to drone on and on about this or
> that poet or writer--its very insulated and doesn't breathe with any
> sort of life. 2666 reads like it was written, rushed-some things stick
> but not a majority
> Nazi Literature in the Americas is mostly good and By Night in Chile
> was the only other novel I could finish.
>
>
> rich
>
> On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Kai Frederik Lorentzen
> <lorentzen at hotmail.de> wrote:
>>
>> Recently I read "El gaucho insufrible", a collection of short  
>> stories/essays,
>> in German translation and wasn't that enthusiastic about it.
>>
>> What can I say? It's stylish and I read it (too?) quick. Yet for me  
>> Neo-Kafka
>> and pomo-like quoting this then quoting that do not mix very well.  
>> There are
>> too many writers doing this (having done this) these years.
>>
>> The first story ("Jim") is the best. About an US-American getting  
>> lost in
>> Mexiko. But I don't think I'll invest a hundred Deutschmarks for  
>> "2666".
>>
>> Just my own impression. And then I cannot read Spanish, so ..
>>
>> KFL
>>
>>

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