Quotes About Bolano

I think Bolano had a generosity about him that was unique. He seemed to include so many people in the circle of his adventures, whereas I felt like I was pretty selfish.

History, which is a simple whore, has no decisive moments but is a proliferation of instants, brief interludes that vie with one another in monstrousness.

The strangest part of the dream,' said Pelletier, 'was the water was alive.

Her eyes like the ideal geography book: maps of pure nightmare. "The Ghost of Edna Lieberman

Instead I waited, which is what the Nude Descending a Staircase does, contrary to one's expectation and which is exactly why it has always provoked such a peculiar critical response.

Belano se cree Breton, dice Requena. En realidad, todos los capo di famiglia de la poesía mexicana se creen Breton, suspira.

Leave the book alone, pretend it doesn't exist, forget about it, said Amalfitano, you've never been interested in geometry.

It's because I don't have a proper grasp of history and I need to brush up." "What for?" asked Hans Reiter. "To fill a void." "Voids can't be filled," said Hans Reiter

but anyways, that's what I was wondering as Alberto's car shot like lightning or crawled like a cockroach, depending on traffic...

the novel, arguably the author's best, had a disquieting power, like a sleeping crocodile.

A la salida nos metimos en un restaurante de la calle Palma atendido por octogenarios. El restaurante se llamaba La Palma de la Vida.

To sum up, as Bibiano said, quoting Parra: that's how it goes, the glory of the world; no world, no glory, not even a miserable mortadella sandwich

En mi defensa sólo pude balbucir (en tono de chanza, sin mirarlo a los ojos, además) que yo era un monstruo de la naturaleza.

sonreír a diestra y siniestra fingiendo estar concentrado en problemas de índole filosófica, que es lo que finalmente hizo.

Il Foro, secondo Vitruvio, aveva forma di parallelogramma, con una piazza nel mezzo, girata da un portico a colonne; secondo il Bolano era di pianta quadrata, a due piani; al