- How do the different parts of the book relate to one another? Do you see any common themes? How might Bolano bring it all together?
- Were you surprised about how the love quadrangle between Espinoza, Morini, Norton and Pelletier played out? What role did Edwin Johns play in their relationship?
- Is Amalfitano losing his mind? What's up with geometry book on the clothesline?
- At the end of "The Part About Fate," I was very confused as to what was happening. I wasn't sure if Guadalupe Roncal, the journalist assigned investigate the murders, to had flown back to Mexico or stayed with Oscar and Rosa. Did anyone make sense of these passages?
- The city of Santa Teresa is a fictional version of real life city of Juarez which borders El Paso on the American side. The unsolved murders of hundreds of women there are also based on actual events. At least two books have been written about unsolved murders: The Daughters of Juarez by Teresa Rodriguez and The Killing Fields: Harvest of Women by Diana Valdez. Sadly, the attention paid the serial murder of female factory workers in Juarez has been overshadowed recently by the outbreak of violence between narcos and police.
We'll be meeting to discuss the first half (to approximately pg. 445) of this on August 12th at the Main Library in Conference Rm 3 at noon. Feel free to bring a lunch.
- Were you surprised about how the love quadrangle between Espinoza, Morini, Norton and Pelletier played out? What role did Edwin Johns play in their relationship?
- Is Amalfitano losing his mind? What's up with geometry book on the clothesline?
- At the end of "The Part About Fate," I was very confused as to what was happening. I wasn't sure if Guadalupe Roncal, the journalist assigned investigate the murders, to had flown back to Mexico or stayed with Oscar and Rosa. Did anyone make sense of these passages?
- The city of Santa Teresa is a fictional version of real life city of Juarez which borders El Paso on the American side. The unsolved murders of hundreds of women there are also based on actual events. At least two books have been written about unsolved murders: The Daughters of Juarez by Teresa Rodriguez and The Killing Fields: Harvest of Women by Diana Valdez. Sadly, the attention paid the serial murder of female factory workers in Juarez has been overshadowed recently by the outbreak of violence between narcos and police.
We'll be meeting to discuss the first half (to approximately pg. 445) of this on August 12th at the Main Library in Conference Rm 3 at noon. Feel free to bring a lunch.
