Savage Detectives

Indeed. It was one of the best experiences I've had with literature, so much that I got the famous poem Sion by Cesárea Tinajero inked on my arm. Very important plot device there.

It's funny, because I just started reading Teatro Grottesco just last night :)
 
I haven't read Savage Detictives, but I was thinking about it last night. I've started another book, and have another on my horizon, but this gives me a nudge in that direction. Maybe I'll read them all at once? It's sitting on my shelf...

And I just read Teatro Grottesco in December.
 
Savage Detectives is a book that I recommend reading solo. It's quite labyrinthic, it's long (600+ pages in the original Spanish) and it's a very hispanophone reading, very connected (and talking to) a lot of Latin American and Spanish literature. I'd definitely say that madness is a leitmotif all around, but I wouldn't say that Bolaño and Ligotti share a similar philosophy or writing style.
 
Harper said:
I just started reading Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano and his Visceral Poets. Reminded me of Ligotti's Teatro Grottesco group of artists and artistic persons. Anyone else read the novel?

















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That is a brilliant connection to make. The Visceral Realists in Bolaño's work and the artists in Ligotti's Teatro Grottesco share that same gritty, psychologically intense obsession with the fringes of art and society. Both groups operate in this dark, underground atmosphere where their dedication to their craft borders on the surreal or self-destructive. It's fascinating how Bolaño grounds this in gritty realism, while Ligotti pushes it into existential horror, yet the psychological weight feels very similar. Have you noticed how both authors use the idea of a 'lost or hidden truth' to drive the characters' madness?
 
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