“ I went on writing reviews for the newspaper, and critical articles crying out for a different approach to culture, as even the most inattentive reader could hardly fail to notice if he scratched the s… Roberto Bolaño
“ Dentro del inmenso océano de la poesía distinguía varias corrientes: maricones, maricas, mariquitas, locas, bujarrones, mariposas, ninfos y filenos. Las dos corrientes mayores, sin embargo, eran la de… Roberto Bolaño
“ I am told that César Aira writes two books a year, at least, some of which are published by a little Argentinean company named Beatriz Viterbo, after the character in Borges's story The Aleph. The boo… Roberto Bolaño
“ He aquí algo sobre el honor de los poetas. Yo tenía diecisiete años y unos deseos irrefrenables de ser escritor. Me preparé. Pero no me quedé quieto mientras me preparaba, pues comprendí que si así lo… Roberto Bolaño
“ According to Padilla, remembered Amalfitano, all literature could be classified as heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual. Novels, in general, were heterosexual. Poetry, on the other hand, was complete… Roberto Bolaño
“ Soñé que Georges Perec tenía tres años y lloraba desconsoladamente. Yo intentaba calmarlo. Lo tomaba en brazos, le compraba golosinas, libros para pintar. Luego nos íbamos al Paseo Marítimo de Nueva Y… Roberto Bolaño
“ Do you know what the worst thing about literature is? said Don Pancracio. I knew, but I pretended I didn't. What? I said. That you end up being friends with writers. And friendship, treasure though it… Roberto Bolaño
“ The first conversation began awkwardly, although Espinoza had been expecting Pelletier's call, as if both men found it difficult to say what sooner or later the would have to say. The first twenty min… Roberto Bolaño
“ No one knew what she was doing in Colonia Hidalgo, although it was most likely, according to the police, that she'd been taking a walk and had come upon death purely by chance. Roberto Bolaño
“ Metaphors are our way of losing ourselves in semblances or treading water in a sea of seeming. Roberto Bolaño
“ And finally the two of them plunged into the dark sea, a sea like a pack of wolves, and they dove around the boat trying to find young Reiter's body, with no success, until they had to come up for air… Roberto Bolaño
“ If you're going to say what you want to say, you're going to hear what you don't want to hear. Roberto Bolaño
“ I wrote this book for the ghosts, who, because they're outside of time, are the only ones with time. After the last rereading (just now), I realize that time isn't the only thing that matters, time is… Roberto Bolaño
“ For a while, Criticism travels side by side with the Work, then Criticism vanishes and it's the Readers who keep pace. The journey may be long or short. Roberto Bolaño
“ Posthumous: It sounds like the name of a Roman gladiator, an unconquered gladiator. At least that’s what poor Posthumous would like to believe. It gives him courage. Roberto Bolaño
“ ... the novel, arguably the author's best, had a disquieting power, like a sleeping crocodile. Roberto Bolaño
“ Bright colours in the west, giant butterflies dancing as night crept like a cripple toward the east. Roberto Bolaño
“ I started to think about the abyss that separates the poet from the reader and the next thing I knew I was deeply depressed. Roberto Bolaño
