Name: Amuleto (in Spanish)
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Author: Roberto Bolaño
ISBN: 9788433973559

Type

Physical Book

Author

Roberto Bolaño

Publisher

Anagrama

Topic

Narrativa hispana

Collection

Compactos Anagrama, 499

Year

2009

Language

Spanish

Pages

160

Format

Paperback

ISBN

843397355X

ISBN13

9788433973559

Edited in

España

Edition No.

Synopsis "Amuleto (in Spanish)"

La voz arrebatada de Auxilio Lacouture narra, e indaga, un crimen atroz y lejano. Auxilio, uruguaya de mediana edad, se oculta en los lavabos de mujeres durante la toma de la universidad por la policía, en México, en septiembre de 1968. Recluida allí por varios días, podrá avizorar los años ya vividos en México y los años por vivir. Rememora entonces a la poetisa Lilian Serpas, que hizo el amor con el Che, y a su infortunado hijo, a los poetas españoles León Felipe y Pedro Garfias a quienes Auxilio sirvió como doméstica voluntaria, y también aparece Arturo Belano, personaje central en Los detectives salvajes, de la que esta novela es una digresión fractal. Pero sobre todo se narra un viaje por un mundo, el Polo Norte de la memoria que se extiende por doquier. «Consigue dar vida a un personaje que sin duda quedará grabado en la memoria del lector» (Ignacio Martínez de Pisón, ABC); «En lugar de ser un libro menor, es una obra más arriesgada y, por tanto, más minoritaria que Los detectives salvajes» (Mihály Dés, Lateral).

Roberto Bolaño

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Roberto Bolaño Ávalos (Santiago de Chile, 1953 – Barcelona, 2003) was a Chilean writer and poet who became one of the most original and influential voices in contemporary Hispanic American literature. His work revitalized the Latin American novel by challenging traditional genres and leaving a deep personal mark. During his youth, he lived in Chile and Mexico, where he founded the infrarealist poetic movement, which defined his early years as a writer. In 1973, he returned to Chile to support the Allende government, but after the military coup, he was arrested and then returned to Mexico to fully dedicate himself to literature. In the late seventies, he settled in Spain, where he lived until his death. From the nineties, facing a serious illness, he turned to narrative, achieving international recognition with works like The Savage Detectives (1998), awarded with important prizes, and the posthumous novel 2666 (2004), considered one of the great contemporary literary works. His legacy, translated into multiple languages, continues to influence writers and readers around the world, consolidating him as a key figure to understand the literature of the 21st century, thanks to his passionate, rebellious, and deeply lucid style.

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