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[Anonymous No.8790663]

How does everyone compare pic related with Rayuela?

[Anonymous No.8790736]

>>8790663
Both are "playful" books that follow a non-linear or conventional narrative. In a sense, Bolaño is following the path that Cortázar started many years ago.

This is very apparent in the second part of The Savage Detectves where he keeps skipping POVs, settings and timeframes, disjointing and deconstructing a traditional novel. Rayuela had the same idea, but did not take it that far, although it was an "anti-novel" in the same sense, which has definetly influenced a lot of posterior works.

Another point in common is how both books seek to incorporate the reader into the novel. This is more obvious in Rayuela but also happens more subtly in The Savage Detectives (What's behind the window?).