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Today I'm joined by Dani and Rodolfo to discuss three Bolaño novels: the Third Reich, Distant Star, and By Night in Chile. In this episode, we discuss By Night in Chile. In this novel, Bolaño examines the fascist mindset via religion and literary criticism. Along the way, we get into how Bolaño was completely gladiopilled. 

episode art by Robert Voyvodich @r.voy__

Songs:

La Rabia by Bbs Paranoicos

Las Injusticias Caen Como Pesadillas EP by Los Crudos

el Pueblo Unido performed by Inti-Illimani

Merch:

https://programmed-to-chill.myshopify.com/

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Anonymous

Etah & Raef / Hate & Fear

Anonymous

amazing series of eps

Rob Keery

I feel like this excellent episode did not prepare me for the final line of the novel

Rob Keery

Presumably it connects to the flatterers(/bad lit critics) in the eighth circle of Inferno

Anonymous

As Urrutia is describing his encounter with Neruda, he takes jabs at the wizened youth, saying: “I bet the wizened youth has no stories like this to tell.” (pg. 12). On pg. 13, Urrutia continues to comment on the youth that he has read his books, “…in secret and wearing gloves, but I’ve read them. And there is nothing in them to match that scene. There’s aimless wandering, street fights, horrible deaths down back alleys, the obligatory doses of sex, obscenity and indecency, dusk in Japan, not in Chile of course, hell and chaos, hell and chaos, hell and chaos.” This seems to pretty clearly indicate the wizened youth is indeed Belano, who - as we all know - is the stand in for Bolaño himself. Thanks for all the great work Jimmy !