Julianne 's review
Last Evenings on Earth (New Directions Paperbook)
by Roberto Bolaño
Julianne 's review
Last Evenings on Earth (New Directions Paperbook) by Roberto Bolaño
Julianne 's review
rating:
I didn't care for this book. Perhaps my expectations were too high. I found the distant, almost impenetrable narrative style to be alienating. I didn't feel like the stories added anything to my life. Everyone the main characters obsess over is either murdered, disappeared, or commits suicide. And in the end, there are no great insights offered. Bolano's dry tone reads like a police report. Some may appreciate this departure from an often-ornamental Latin American literary style, but it leaves little in the way of inspiration for me as an aspiring writer. I honestly don't understand what all the praise is about.
