Amulet (International Edition)

By Roberto Bolaño

Book Overview

Amulet is a monologue, like Bolano's acclaimed debut in English, By Night in Chile. The speaker is Auxilio Lacouture, a Uruguayan woman who moved to Mexico in the 1960s, becoming the "Mother of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0330510495
• ISBN13: 9780330510493
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Pan MacMillan
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.4" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

Incredible first person novella!

This has become one of my favorite works by Bolaño or any other writer for that matter— and perhaps my favorite heroine. The narrative is a kaleidoscopic first person interiority of mirrors and a ‘polymorphic’ account of history and trauma. I mention trauma, but not a grim, bloody sort of trauma, if this makes sense. More of a vision of the past, present, and future.