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El
Nov 22, 2009 rated it really liked it
When reading short stories, I like the characters I'm reading about to be the people you see in the background of movies, or in the shadows of buildings when you're on a walk. They're just regular people, but are often ignored because they're not central to a plot, either visually, thematically, or personally.

Bolano's short stories in this collection bring those folks out into their own light. More appropriately, perhaps, is that Bolano actually takes you, the reader, into their shadows. These a
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Lise Petrauskas
Aug 06, 2013 marked it as to-read
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Dec 25, 2022 marked it as fiction-reading-plan