Roberto Bolaño was a writer’s writer. Page 99 Alfonso Reyes (1889 – 1959) – Mexican writer and philosopher. She has a son and a husband, information pills who is a Moroccan and a Muslim (81). Page 34 Mnemosyne – The personification of memory in Greek mythology. Reporter for Black Dawn magazine in New York (242). Discovered Archimboldi (D’Arsonval) while studying German literature in Paris, Christmas 1980 at the age of 19 (3). Pelletier and Espinzoa visit him shortly after the encounter with the Swabian (and believe him to be gay), Shares an odd review of Archimboldi’s first novel by someone named Schleiermacher, The stranger sits next to Morini in a park in London while Morini is visiting Liz Norton, “The stranger had straw-colored hair, graying and dirty, and must have weighed at least two hundred and fifty pounds.”, The stranger worked for a mug company that shifted their focus from text to pictures. Prometheus – Stole fire from Zeus and gave it to mortals. [Note the large gameboard, complex documentation, rulebooks, calculators, tweezers (!! Bolaño moved from Chile to Mexico to the Costa Brava, Spain—the setting of The Third Reich. p309 Its themes are manifold, and it revolves around an elusive German author and the unsolved and ongoing murders of women in Santa Teresa, a violent city inspired by Ciudad Juárez and its epidemic of female homicides. Juan Corona Again, this work is linked to Morini through a paper he authored on “on the various guises of conscience and guilt in Lethaea, on the surface an erotic novel…” The paper also uses Bitzius as a primary reference. Father Brown – Literary character who appeared in 52 G. K. Chesterton short stories. Had a brief period of interest in Ernst Jünger before becoming interested in German Literature. Once in Mexico he joins a caravan of Mexican reporters to Merolino Fernández’s ranch outside of Santa Teresa (275). Ibrahim She had come to the realization that where she was headed no doubt involved a life of crime. There, at the gym, the boy befriends two men — a Bolognan and a Libyan — who end up moving in with him and his sister. Born 1968 in England (9). Archimboldi may have gotten El Cerdo’s contact information from Mrs. Bubis, who he met at a party in Berlin (103). Now, five years after his death, we can read it in English Chilean-born writer Roberto Bolano, pictured in 1999. Notable works include Midnight’s Children and The Satanic Verses. In time, the feelings Bianca develops for Maciste become something else entirely; and those feelings begin to govern her actions. Carries a gun. Eurylochus – Second in command on Ulysses’s ship in The Odyssey. Even though this is a novel about the interplay of games, I would argue that one of Bolaño’s main interests here is geography. Meets Fate at the Fernández/Pickett fight (309). Guadalupe Roncal It’s not until late in the book that he reveals how the game is actually played (with dice) and at first, it seems more like a chess game (which requires no apparatus beyond the game pieces). First meets Norton in 1993 or 1994, Younger than Pelletier and Morini (no date of birth given). Mohammed Atta (1968 – 2001) – Member of al-Qaeda who participated in the September 11 attacks on the United States. She looks everywhere, coming up with only dust and bits of crumbling wall. Older brother of Thomas Mann. “the term commonly refers to any of three sisters who had hair of living, venomous snakes, and a horrifying gaze that turned those who beheld it to stone. Was Rosa Amalfitano’s boyfriend (329-337). A Harlem light heavyweight boxer (262). Roberto Bolaño is an author who risks exactly this charge and then triumphs over it. A co-founder of the Black Panthers with Barry Seaman (245). Some time afterwards sleeps with Espinoza (33-34). Bitzius – Probably a reference to Albert Bitzius, who wrote under the pen name Jeremias Gotthelf. As their relationship turns romantic — and as each finds a familiar beauty in the other's despair — Bianca and Maciste provide a fleeting sort of freedom for one another. “, An alternating current having a frequency of 10 kilohertz or greater produces no muscular contractions and does not affect the sensory nerves”). Il libro di cucina di Juana Inés de la Cruz, Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, Theophrastus Phillippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim (Paracelsus). Tells Fate the story of Robert Rodrigez’s first film (280-281). Hesiod (~8th Century B.C.) David Lynch (1946 – ) – American filmmaker, known for his surreal films. Some time afterwards sleeps with Espinoza, Archimboldi’s publisher. He’s dead (247). Sometimes used a pseudonym – Oskar Graf-Berg. The other game pieces are trapping him on multiple fronts and, like his match with El Quemado, the balance of power begins to shift and he finds his control over the situation slipping away. The Critics are fond of him (130). Why is Bolaño so obsessed with Germany? Word Count: 1753. […] Like Like. Bolaño moved from Chile to Mexico to the Costa Brava, Spain—the setting of The Third Reich. Page 41 the Fury – The physical embodiment of ancient gods, portrayed as horrific female figures, sent to punish mortals. First meets Norton in 1993 or 1994 (12). Rosa Amalfitano Plot summary is essentially that there’s this dude (Werther, a thinly disguised Goethe) who falls in love with this girl (Charlotte) but she’s already with another guy (Albert). The Savage Detectives, or Los Detectives Salvajes, is a 1998 novel by Chilean author Roberto Bolaño.The English version, translated by Natasha Wimmer, was published in 2007. He's on Twitter: @itsjuanlove. He is sent to Santa Teresa in Mexico to cover the fight between Count Pickett and Merolino Fernández (262). Roberto Bolaño Ávalos (April 28, 1953 – January 15, 2003) was a Chilean novelist, short-story writer, essayist and poet. She is divorced (33). Won an Academy Award for Best Actor in 2001 for Training Day. Tall, lightly tanned, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Letters at the University of Santa Teresa, Girl who sells rugs in the market. Page 73 Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) – Argentine writer, known mostly for short stories focusing on fantasy and dream worlds. Discovered Archimboldi in 1976. The Gorgons – The children of Phorcys and Ceto. Finally, it is not that all his creations are projections of himself, but the opposite: in his novels, he becomes a mere figment of his characters' reality, a shadow in their dreams. Goes out to a bar with Chucho Flores where he meets Charly Cruz and Rosa Méndez (278-279). A member of the Verist-wing of the, (1886 – 1980) – Austrian expressionist painter, (1871 – 1950) – German writer. In addition to Santa Teresa, settings and themes include the Eastern Front in World War II, the academic world, mental illness, journalism, and the breakdown of relationships and careers. Biografi. Created a technique called fumage in which the smoke from a candle or lap is used to create patterns on a canvas. Chrysaor – The brother of Pegasus, son of Poseidon and Medusa. He is insulted by Espinoza when Espinoza and Pelletier first meet him in Norton’s apartment (Espinoza calls him “badulaque” (66)). Has a heart attack while calling Fate to inform him that his mother is dead, Miss Holly’s daughter. Pioneered modern sculpture. Born 1968 in England (9). It seemed obvious. Discovered by Pelletier, Morini, and Espinoza via an article in Literary Studies (#46) in 1993 or 1994. Realizes he loves Liz Norton (16) and is first to sleep with her after the meetings with Schnell and Mrs. Bubis in 1995 (30). Translated The Endless Rose in 1974 (116). Ceto – Primordial sea goddess of Greek mythology. 2666 explores 20th-c… Aside from the publicity director and the copy chief, he is the only person at the publishing house that had actually met Archimboldi in person (24). Sor Juana (1648/51 – 1695) – Mexican writer. “a mythological character briefly mentioned in Ovid‘s Metamorphoses. Portrayed as cowardly and undermining Ulysses. Produced a set of prints called the Prisons, which influenced Romanticism and Surrealism. Bifurcaria, Bifurcata – Some science-y stuff here – Bifurcaria is a source of unique diterpenoids which may prove pharmaceutically beneficial. Yikes.It's a good… “But again, I beg your pardon.” (117). A defense of his “general Theory of the Visual Appearances which arise from the Contemplation of Coloured Objects” can be found here. Blows smoke rings “in the most unlikely shapes” (172). Also, Bolaño initially ties up the “game” sections of the novel into standalone set pieces (which can be skipped over cleanly), but once the balance of power begins to shift from Udo to El Quemado (and Ingeborg and Hanna leave, and Udo is alone), the “game” sections become more intertwined into the main narrative. He is sent to Detroit to do a profile on Barry Seaman and attends Seaman’s sermon (243, help 246). Told in 16 brief chapters, it's the tale of a teenage girl and her younger brother, who become orphans when their parents die in an automobile accident. “I could live under a table reading Borges,” he once told an interviewer. A reporter covering the Fernández/Pickett fight. He has some kind of stomach trouble (243). Like many other novels, and many other games, there is a lot of setup without a lot of action. And I have to review one of his stories. Also, Bifurcaria, Bifurcata makes me think of Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! 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