Member: criswellj

crisswellj--Have you ever read anything by Roberto Bolano?--Put up a review on him today.

posted by lriley at 9:37 am (EST) on Jan 14, 2008

criswellj--did a review in on Chavarria's Adios muchachos today.

posted by lriley at 12:45 pm (EST) on Nov 5, 2007

crisswellj-actually started reading Chavarria today but we're only at the point where Alicia is meeting Mr. King--so it's early. Savage Detectives was fantastic. More of his work is supposed to be coming out. 2666 I believe. That's one I think I'll get right away.

posted by lriley at 12:50 pm (EST) on Oct 30, 2007

criswellj--Chavarria's 'Adios Muchachos' showed up today. Might be a couple weeks before I get to it but it looks interesting. One of the blurbs on the back by Paco Ignacio Taibo II--I've read several of his.

posted by lriley at 1:24 pm (EST) on Oct 22, 2007

I promise to look them up Criswellj--I've read Onetti a few times. Padura I've heard of. Chavarria's name seems kind of familiar too but haven't read either. There's a prety good site for those who like the noirish:

http://internationalnoir.blogspot.com/

Up on its front page now is a rundown of a few of Vazquez Montalban's works. A few others--Ricardo Piglia's Money to burn--though his more literary Artificial Respiration is one of Latin America's best kept secrets--is very dark and violent. Roberto Arlt's The seven madmen. A couple germans--Juli Zeh's--Eagles and Angels and Gunter Ohnemus' 'The Russian passenger' are more contemporary--but it is a wide wide ocean. I move around a bit though--I don't try to tie myself down to any genre. I'm always open for suggestions though. Have you read anything by Roberto Bolano?

posted by lriley at 12:23 pm (EST) on Oct 17, 2007

criswellj--if you like Izzo and Echenoz--you might also like Jean-Patrick Manchette. Unfortunately there are only two of his books translated into English. Also noirish from the Mediterranean region of the world--Manuel Vazquez Montalban, Leonardo Sciascia, Massimo Carlotto and Andrea Camilleri. Celine is a particular favorite of mine and so is Raymond Queneau who in some respects I see as a kind of father or grandfather to Jean Echenoz. If you are a Celine fan though or think you might become one--the Belgian Louis Paul Boon--particularly Chapel Road--or Arno Schmidt are somewhat related in style.

posted by lriley at 6:35 pm (EST) on Oct 16, 2007

Hi! Have you read your copy of Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia by Gilles Deleuze yet? I am presently in the thick of it and am seeking others' evaluations.

posted by Naren559 at 7:56 pm (EST) on Jul 6, 2007