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ListJun 19, 2026

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@itshowtimefolksA Little Lumpen Novelita

ReviewJun 14, 2026

Very taut and easy, read in one sitting in about an hour. Rife with that feeling of stagnance and the nagging sense that each day will just bleed into the next and nothing will ever get better. I haven't been in that headspace in a long time but reminds me of…

@lahinchA Little Lumpen Novelita

QuoteNov 4, 2025

Jacinto Requena

One day I asked him where he'd been. He told me that he'd traveled along a river that connects Mexico and Central America. As far as I know, there is no such river. But he told me he'd traveled along this river and that now he could say he knew its twists and…

@smokeylonesomeThe savage detectives

ReviewSep 1, 2025

Antwerp

I tend to think that over time my mind has become too sluggish for experimental literature. And yet, I found myself getting into this most disjointed, hallucinatory and desolate of Bolaño’s books. Reading it feels like a bit like stumbling around the 27 year…

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ListAug 10, 2025

mexico

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@earthlike_croakThe savage detectives

QuoteAug 27, 2024

Roberto Bolaño

Now it would be nice to tell a joke or two, but I can only think of one on the spot like this, just one. What's more, it's a Galician joke. Maybe you've heard it before. A man goes walking in the forest. Like me, for example, walking in a forest like the Parc…

@burntsaffronThe savage detectives

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The ennui of it all

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Recent Reads

The ennui of it all

Jacinto Requena

Antwerp

mexico

Roberto Bolaño