OK, I have to explode!!!I am sick to death of hearing how many times so and so had sex with so and so and how many time he "came" on Nov 16 and Nov 18 and Nov 30 and Dec 6.... Even literature and authors are described in sexual terms. Oh, he is fagot and he is a queer and he is nymph and he is a fai...
Aún estoy decidiendo si me gustó o no. El libro narra la vida de Arturo Belano, un poeta chileno que se unió al movimiento real-visceralista mexicano, desde la perspectiva de quienes lo conocieron durante los años que vivió en México y, después, en Europa e Israel.No cabe duda que el autor sabe narr...
One of the main drivers in The Savage Detectives is legend. Chasing a legend leads to exposure, and by interaction, causes destruction, and then, apparently, re-creation of mysteries for others to chase. The "visceral realist" movement was founded by poets, but was never about poetry—more about ro...
This review, such as it is, might be considered spoilerish, actually, it’s a lotta spoilerish, it’s presented in a rambling, perhaps, incoherent manner, and it is tentatively offered. It also includes a speculative consideration, for your reading enjoyment—one you’re very entitled to disagree with. ...
I am struggling over writing this review. The Savage Detectives has become an important book to me, and I’m trying to find the best way to put a whole series of associations, emotions, and thoughts into words about how it has entered into my life and mind and heart. I have a tendency to hide behind...
An excellent work, but ultimately falls short of true greatness. It's a craftily written and cogent meditation on the nature of writing and literature, through a semi-autobiographical story of a 1970s Mexican revolutionary ("avant-garde", in a way) poetry movement. The basic issue is one of authenti...
A great way to start the summer, literarily, although I didn't really actually LIKE the book, per se. I didn't dislike it either. I just found it... like a car ride down a stretch of lonely highway, rolling along of its own accord and not really settling on anything in particular. It's a story ab...
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