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Originally Posted by Better_Than_Deux

"gringospeak" haha

Nazi Literature in the Americas...?! And you haven't found it untranslated, yet?
hot damn.

that sounds like a book worth reading.

what appealed you to bolano?? for me it was his poetry; he's a great poet.

ive just heard great reviews from people whose taste i respect and it's made me mad curious. strangely enough in y2K i took a course in chilean literature w/ a chilean prof but she made no mention of him. none whatsoever.

literatura nazi de las americas is i think a series of reviews of non-existent books, like borges. borges is my first literary hero, split my skull open when i was 12 or 13. until that it had been jules verne books and astérix and more traditionalkid narratives (pirates, adventures, & shit). his "anthology of fantastic literature" got me hooked first, and then i got a huge fat book with all his writings-- anyway, bolaño is supposed to be one of his heirs, but with a different political cant (borges turned conservative during the peron government in argentina, and then really made some fucked up statements in his old age, whereas bolaño was a proper commie shit-stirrer and a temporary prisoner of the monster known as pinochet).

anyway, i haven't read a single line by him, but i'm stoked, and i really really hope he doesn't disappoint-- im pretty sure he won't-- though who knows-- i'm very excited.