tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934096967055481899.post5891754996087133203..comments2024-03-04T11:22:53.502-05:00Comments on Fifty Books Project 2023: The Return by Roberto BolanoFifty Books Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08640286429668778869noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934096967055481899.post-41552366335950642642011-01-26T06:28:16.547-05:002011-01-26T06:28:16.547-05:00I do agree that "Buba" was great. (But ...I do agree that "Buba" was great. (But partially because there were no mobsters, pimps, murderers, or detectives.)Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12500451355263180972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934096967055481899.post-84391030487329398842011-01-25T23:00:58.350-05:002011-01-25T23:00:58.350-05:00It isn't the tangents I minded, it's that ...It isn't the tangents I minded, it's that the tangents were wholly uninteresting. The idea that Joanna is talking to a detective signifies nothing interesting about her, or the story, but it signifies a lot about Bolano (that isn't that interesting.)Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12500451355263180972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934096967055481899.post-72217618503759359462011-01-25T22:54:22.800-05:002011-01-25T22:54:22.800-05:00Holy run-on sentence.Holy run-on sentence.Brookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06025813248950864149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934096967055481899.post-1375368535276359892011-01-25T20:48:55.244-05:002011-01-25T20:48:55.244-05:00I'm okay with a lukewarm opinion from a Hardy ...I'm okay with a lukewarm opinion from a Hardy lover like yourself. The greatness of Bolano isn't for the meek, or the canonized debutante. <br /><br />I will say that the sidetracking nature of Bolano is one of two things I love most. The second is the list-like nature of the tangents. To me, Bolano was before his time and the future of literature. In his longer works, the tangential chapters are all about the moments. He'll never fit the cookie cutter expectations of the dead white men of England, France, or Russia. But he does give a good portrait of the real. Real dialogue, real detectives, real shit in Mexican hell. <br /><br />Thanks for putting your effort into my recommendation though, I'll keep him to myself in the future, but Savage Detectives would be the next suggestion, not 2666.lawnwranglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04572258074542678883noreply@blogger.com