For the Spanish-reading among us, some interesting articles in the May issue of the Mexican magazine Letras y Libres.
First off, just in time for the 2666 galleys, there’s a short piece (un fragmento) on Mexico’s influence on Bolano.
México es el centro de la obra de Roberto Bolaño (1953–2003), una vasta zona planetaria en la que ocurren, sucesivamente, la educación sentimental de los poetas (en Los detectives salvajes), la imagen pionera y desenfocada del exilio latinoamericano (con Auxilio Lacouture en Amuleto) y, en 2666, el feminicidio como la herida a través de la cual se drena el planeta. Bolaño termina 2666 con la palabra “México”, gesto cabalmente aquilatado por Juan Villoro en el prólogo de Bolaño por sí mismo. Entrevistas escogidas (Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, 2006).
After that, I was surprised to see a review of Francisco Goldman’s novel The Divine Husband. That book was published in English a number of years ago, and I find it a bit surprising that an author like Goldman has been so long in being translated into Spanish.
And then, there’s this essay on the poetry of Mexican essayist, novelist, and poet, Jose Emilio Pacheco:
Parte del impacto de la obra de Pacheco estriba en que le ha dado continuidad al hecho mismo de romper para conformar –de acuerdo con los lineamientos de Pound– algo nuevo. Su capacidad para incluirlo todo y aprender de todo nos sugiere que hay que reconocer y también dudar de la constante del gran río heracliteano de la literatura; y nunca perder de vista que las fracturas y fisuras transforman, empujan a nuestras almas al siguiente peldaño, aunque parezca que le hacen lo que el viento a Juárez
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Letras Libres (“free letters”) looks like a wonderful site. Thanks for posting this.
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