/lit/ - Literature

>>21455594
I really loved this one. Bolaño is my favourite latinx author.

>>21455642
>latinx
kys

>>21455647
Fuck you

>>21455647
Wow, really? OK bigot

>>21455849
No, fuck you, trannylover.

>>21455594
>Anyone recommend me maybe a non fictional account of a German soldier during WWII?
I will if you properly cut that nail and post proof it's now decent looking.

>>21455871
WOW OK, WOW

not explicitly germane but leon degrelle volunteered for Germany and wrote memoirs about the eastern front

>>21455642
Fagget, gay, homosexual and trannie. You and that chilean faggot.

>>21455886
Fine.

Bump, tell me about a book about a German soldier in WWII.

>>21455642
He's not latino. He's Chilean.

>>21456994
>When asked about his nationality, in the interview he gave to Mónica Maristain shortly before his death, Roberto Bolaño answered: "I am Latin American"

>>21457007
He was full of shit. He was Chilean.

>>21455594
I couldn’t get past the part about the murders. I have Christian sensibilities and I already strained them to get that far and I had to tap out in the middle of that part

>>21457026
I skipped it too, halfway through. I already knew there was no resolution, no mystery, no climax, cause of the last 500 pages I read.

>>21457012
Chile is in Latin America.

>>21457045
You will never hear anyone from cono sur calling themselves a latino.

>>21457058
Bolaño literally did that in an interview.

>>21457068
He called himself latin american. It's not the same at all.

>>21457082
Latino is short for latinoamericano, which is Spanish for Latin American.

>>21457094
>Latino is short for latinoamericano
No. The connotations are different. Latino is a central american thing. No one in south america refers to himself as latino. It's either south american or latin american. Never latino.

>>21457129
Delusional headcanon. Latino and latinoamericano are interchangeably used and you can easily find Chileans referring themselves as both.

I remember reading it a few years ago. I know he died before finishing - the book was ultimately cobbled together by his family, based on his later drafts and pages of notes that he had.
It was a very, very cool creative exercise - like dissecting a corpse in order to learn anatomy. I got some intimate understanding of the mid draft stage of authoring and it gave me a bit of understanding as to what authors go through, so it helped my writing in that it helped me accept drafts that didn't feel fully finished or fleshed out.
that said, super cool. I like reading translations of stuff because the use of English is done in more unconventional rhythms, along with more unconventional words and phrases, so it gives me some prose innovation.
To me, the latin american intellectual scene is often about doing what is sacreligious and edgy in order to stand out, and from what I read, his whole schtick with the book was literally a cash grab to provide for his family when he was dead. So all the edginess felt contrived and inauthentic, even if it was for his family. I'm really glad I read the introduction to the book before reading, because otherwise I think I would have been swept up in it, thinking it was a lot more mystical than it was.

>>21455594
I'm reading his very first novel right now. There is no real story, there is no suspense, there are characters but they are not in the foreground. I think what makes people still read him is that he can be a "charming" writer, someone who evokes sympathy, who creates a voice that is relatable, and who looks at life without the widespread pessimism or cynisism. That's my theory at least not having read his more famous novels.

>>21455594
>Anyone recommend me maybe a non fictional account of a German soldier during WWII?

Sven Hassel-books

>>21456559
I'm not trying to be an asshole, but it still looks kinda fucked. Learn how to clip them properly, nothing nastier than some built up goop under your fingernails.

>>21455594
The kindly ones jonathan littel