Experience, Boredom and Legibility in three stories by Roberto Bolaño

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https://doi.org/10.15174/rv.v0i20.294

Abstract

This article studies the short stories “Últimos atardeceres en la tierra”, “Días de 1978” and “Vagabundo en Francia y Bélgica” belonging to Putas Asesinas (2001) by Roberto Bolaño, with the goal of understanding the representation of the crisis of the modern experience. In this sense, the relationships between the subjects of madness, the trauma of the Chilean exile and the state of boredom are explored. In short, it shows how the journey of the modern subject manifests a conceptual genealogy that would make contemporary Chilean history legible.

Author Biography

Bernardo Patricio Rocco Núñez, Universidad de Chile

Doctor en Literatura Chilena e Hispanoamericana de la Universidad de Chile.

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Published

2017-07-03

How to Cite

Rocco Núñez, B. P. (2017). Experience, Boredom and Legibility in three stories by Roberto Bolaño. Valenciana, (20), 65–86. https://doi.org/10.15174/rv.v0i20.294

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No. 20 (2017): Núm. 20 julio-diciembre 2017

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