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I owed my Opus Dei colleagues a visit, and they introduced me to the Opus Dei publishers and the principals of the Opus schools and the Rector of the University, which is also run by Opus Dei and all of them showed an interest in my work as literary critic, poet and teacher, and they invited me to publish a book with them, the Spanish are so generous, and punctilious too, for the very next day I signed a contract

The shoemaker’s plan was to buy the hill and convert it into a monument dedicated to the heroes of the Empire. Not just the heroes of the past and the heroes of the present, but also the heroes of the future. In other words the hill would serve both as a cemetery and as a museum. How would it serve as a museum? Well, each hero the Empire had produced would have his life-size statue erected on the hill

This has only gotten better. Maybe it’s cause I actually started paying attention…. But bro is just monologuing and my mind dozes off sometimes… but it’s good it’s good

Omg this prose is so good

Also, “Sordel, Sordello, which Sordello?”

“Life is a succession of misunderstandings”

Very true and honest book so far. I love the vocabulary being used and although I don’t know some of the words Bolaño is using, it still flows well and has kept me engaged.

Wait it’s getting good