There's really nothing so disconcerting as being near the end of a course, and having the text finally returned from Barnes and Noble, thus having to read the text on GoogleBooks, where random pages are omitted. Ugh.
Anyhow, what a nice, snarky story. Bolano has a real grasp of language, everything seems to float and glide ephemerally, and it has a very poetic effect. However, it failed to really grasp my attention. I can appreciate the criticism of the Chilean intelligentsia, and the appearance of Neruda (after I've been longing to buy a particular collection of his for the past month or so), but the story itself just didn't seem that interesting at all. I was a tad disappointed, but my version was also missing some pages.
I really don't know what to say about it. I think I must be missing something more than pages; I just didn't get it.
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I told students several weeks ago that B & N returns text sometime in March.
ReplyDeleteYou should get a complete copy and give it a try.