From what I've read about that one (and there hasn't been much out there), it's more of an expansion of that one story than a 'lost part' or new novel.
Reading Bartleby & Co. I can see why Bolaño and Vila-Matas were such homeboys.
Did you read Never Any End to Paris? That had a Savage Detectives ring to me, in certain ways.
Haven't read it. The only other V-M I've read is Dublinesque, which I very much enjoyed, but which I can't really say made me think of Bolaño in any way.
Also, the whole concept of "writers of the No" really contrasts with DFW and Infinite Jest, which is what I read before B&C.
Post subject: Re: Roberto Bolaño ( Bolano for the search engine)
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:57 pm
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My copy of 'SoE' is out for delivery, will arrive this afternoon. Pumped.
It's a crazy time of year, though, so I probably won't really get to sit down with it for 2-3 weeks. Why do Bolaño books always get released at the end of semesters?
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Post subject: Re: Roberto Bolaño ( Bolano for the search engine)
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 3:04 pm
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Simple Torture wrote:
My copy of 'SoE' is out for delivery, will arrive this afternoon. Pumped.
It's a crazy time of year, though, so I probably won't really get to sit down with it for 2-3 weeks. Why do Bolaño books always get released at the end of semesters?
My package of Secret of Evil, Almost Never and The Whole Beast: Nose to Tail Eating is slated to arrive Friday/Saturday. I just started the Pale King though, so who knows when I'll be able to get around to it. My reading volume on my commute has drastically given way to sleeping on the subway, but I'm trying to turn it back around.
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