Around this time, Pelletier and Espinoza, worried about the current state of their mutual lover, had two long conversations on the phone.

Por aquellos días Pelletier y Espinoza, preocupados por el estado actual de su común amante, mantuvieron dos largas conversaciones telefónicas.

Bolano, Roberto / 2666Bolano, Roberto / 2666

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© 2004 by the heirs of Roberto Bolaño

© 2008 by Natasha Wimmer

Her eyes held on to the garden as if it were a lover she would never see again.

Sus ojos se aferraron al jardín como si fuera un amante al que nunca volvería a ver.

Ward, J.R. / Lover EnshrinedWard, J.R. / Amante Consagrado

Amante Consagrado

Ward, J.R.

© Traducción: 2009, Patricia Torres Londoño

© 2010, Santillana Ediciones Generales, S.L.

© 2007, Jessica Bird

Lover Enshrined

Ward, J.R.

© Jessica Bird, 2008

Now he was a lover, not a fighter, wasn’t he.

Ahora él era un amante, no un luchador, ¿verdad?

Ward, J.R. / Lover EnshrinedWard, J.R. / Amante Consagrado

Amante Consagrado

Ward, J.R.

© Traducción: 2009, Patricia Torres Londoño

© 2010, Santillana Ediciones Generales, S.L.

© 2007, Jessica Bird

Lover Enshrined

Ward, J.R.

© Jessica Bird, 2008

Espinoza would have liked to ask how long they'd been lovers, but all that came out was a sigh.

Espinoza hubiera querido preguntarle desde cuándo eran amantes, pero sólo le salió un suspiro.

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We weren't lovers, just friends. The truth is, we left London together that summer because we'd each been through a bad relationship, and we knew nothing like that could ever happen between us.

No éramos amantes, sólo amigos, la verdad es que uno de los motivos de que saliéramos juntos de Londres aquel verano fueron las relaciones sentimentales que cada uno sufría por su lado y la certeza de que entre nosotros todo aquello era impensable.

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