The children, the young people, were singing and heading for the abyss.

Los niños, los jóvenes, cantaban y se dirigían hacia el abismo.

Bolano, Roberto / AmuletBolano, Roberto / Amuleto

Amuleto

Bolano, Roberto

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© Roberto Bolaño, 1999

Amulet

Bolano, Roberto

© 1999 by the Heirs of Roberto Bolaño

© 2006 by Chris Andrews

A woman who plunged into the abyss sitting down.

Una mujer que caía al abismo sentada.

Bolano, Roberto / 2666Bolano, Roberto / 2666

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Bolano, Roberto

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Bolano, Roberto

© 2004 by the heirs of Roberto Bolaño

© 2008 by Natasha Wimmer

Neither of the two thought (or wanted to think) about death, but both moved, twined their limbs, communed, as if they were on the edge of the abyss.

Ninguno de los dos pensaba (o quería pensar) en la muerte, pero ambos se movían, o se trenzaban, o dialogaban, como si estuvieran al borde del abismo.

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Bolano, Roberto

© 2004 por herederos de Roberto Bolaño

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Bolano, Roberto

© 2004 by the heirs of Roberto Bolaño

© 2008 by Natasha Wimmer

Basically, we were the typical forty-something Latin American guys who find themselves in an African country on the edge of the abyss or the edge of collapse, whichever you want to call it.

En fin, éramos los típicos muchachos latinoamericanos de cuarenta y pocos años que se encuentran en un país africano que está al borde del abismo o del colapso, que para el caso es lo mismo.

The savage detectivesBolano, Roberto / Los detectives salvajes

Los detectives salvajes

Bolano, Roberto

e savage detectives

The savage detective

© 1998 by Roberto Bolaño

© 2007 by Natasha Wimmer