1morechapter.com » spanish http://www.1morechapter.com Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:29:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Last Evenings on Earthhttp://www.1morechapter.com/2007/12/24/last-evenings-on-earth/ http://www.1morechapter.com/2007/12/24/last-evenings-on-earth/#comments Mon, 24 Dec 2007 23:19:48 +0000 3m http://1morechapter.com/2007/12/24/last-evenings-on-earth/ Short Story Monday This book of stories by Roberto Bolaño is a NYT Most Notable Book. Bolaño is a Chilean author whose book The Savage Detectives was named to the most recent NYT Most Notable list as well. It seems to be getting a lot of buzz on many ‘Best of 2007′ lists. [...]]]> Short Story Monday
lastevenings.JPGThis book of stories by Roberto Bolaño is a NYT Most Notable Book. Bolaño is a Chilean author whose book The Savage Detectives was named to the most recent NYT Most Notable list as well. It seems to be getting a lot of buzz on many ‘Best of 2007′ lists. Although Bolaño died in 2003, some of his works are just now being published in English.

The settings of these stories are in Chile, Mexico, Spain, and many other countries. It has a very international feel to it. Bolaño’s writing is fascinating. Without really enjoying many of the stories, I still felt compelled to read them. There is always something literary going on; perhaps that’s why they intrigued me. However, many of the stories just had too much violence and seediness for my taste–otherwise the book would have had a higher rating from me.

I’m curious about The Savage Detectives, though, and I may try to read that one in 2008.

2006 (for the English translation), 219 pp.
Rating: 3.5

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