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I felt somewhat indifferent toward this novella, Distant Star by Roberto Bolano. It had a similar energy to the Borges book we read (which I hated) but in a more accessible fashion. I have previously encountered the Bolano Literary Universe thanks to a... read full post >>

I felt somewhat indifferent toward this novella, Distant Star by Roberto Bolano. It had a similar energy to the Borges book we read (which I hated) but in a more accessible fashion. I have previously encountered the Bolano Literary Universe thanks to a... read full post >>

I was very excited to notice that this week’s reading was a novel written in both English and Spanish, or as we also know it “Spanglish”. It was a really comforting read as I sometimes find myself speaking in Spanglish, mainly with my Spanish-speaker friends and with my family ever since I moved to Vancouver. […] read full post >>

 After reading Distant Star, I couldn't help but be struck by the novel's portrayal of a society recovering from political violence. As someone with limited knowledge of Chile or Latin America, I found the book's use of art, surrealism, and memory... read full post >>

 After reading Distant Star, I couldn't help but be struck by the novel's portrayal of a society recovering from political violence. As someone with limited knowledge of Chile or Latin America, I found the book's use of art, surrealism, and memory... read full post >>

This week I read Robert Bolaño’s Distant Star. I read the book outside with Jordan and Daisy and I must say we enjoyed reading it (especially with the sun shining). The book was certainly dark in its elements of murder and violence, however it remained... read full post >>

This week I read Robert Bolaño’s Distant Star. I read the book outside with Jordan and Daisy and I must say we enjoyed reading it (especially with the sun shining). The book was certainly dark in its elements of murder and violence, however it remained... read full post >>

Distant Star by Roberto Bolaño is a novella about the political upheaval in Chile through Pinochet’s fascist regime with a focus on the (fictional) poets at the time. I found the formatting of the short story a little difficult to read, but it was an interesting stylistic choice. Not having the dialogue stand out from […] read full post >>

I don’t know if this happens to anyone else, but sometimes I will not think much of a book, but then I’ll watch Jon’s lecture about it and suddenly it’s a masterpiece to me. I found this book to be a bit hard to follow, partly because if the jumping of the narratives and characters […] read full post >>

Hi all,I will echo my peers by agreeing that this has been a very amusing read. Although by no means a light book in terms of its heavy theme, and the whirlwind of politics that were going on around the poets in this story, Bolano, or our narrator, wro... read full post >>