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Damn it, if Vargas Pardo took any longer to get here the young poet was going to fall asleep on me.Carajo, si Vargas Pardo tardaba un poco más en aparecer el joven poeta se me iba a quedar dormido.The savage detectivesBolano, Roberto / Los detectives salvajesLos detectives salvajesBolano, Robertoe savage detectivesThe savage detective© 1998 by Roberto Bolaño© 2007 by Natasha Wimmer
The poet gave him a blank look, and, calling him by his first name too, said he was a little tired.El poeta lo miró con una expresión de vacío y, tuteándolo también, dijo que estaba un poco cansado.Bolano, Roberto / 2666Bolano, Roberto / 26662666Bolano, Roberto© 2004 por herederos de Roberto Bolaño2666Bolano, Roberto© 2004 by the heirs of Roberto Bolaño© 2008 by Natasha Wimmer
The peasant poet sat on the bed where the cause of the commotion should supposedly have slept and started to flip through a literary magazine.El poeta campesino se sentó en la cama en donde supuestamente debía de haber dormido el causante del revuelo y se puso a hojear una revista de literatura.The savage detectivesBolano, Roberto / Los detectives salvajesLos detectives salvajesBolano, Robertoe savage detectivesThe savage detective© 1998 by Roberto Bolaño© 2007 by Natasha Wimmer
His only virtue is that he was the first, if not the only, Mexican poet to publish a book in Tokyo: Japanese Poems, 1909.Su única virtud es la de ser si no el único, el primer poeta mexicano que publicó un libro en Tokio, Rimas japonesas, 1909.The savage detectivesBolano, Roberto / Los detectives salvajesLos detectives salvajesBolano, Robertoe savage detectivesThe savage detective© 1998 by Roberto Bolaño© 2007 by Natasha Wimmer
Mary-Sue turned it on and began to go through the files of the reporter and poet of La Raza de Green Valley, more or less at random.Mary-Sue lo encendió y se puso a revisar, más bien al azar, los archivos del periodista y poeta de La Raza de Green Valley.Bolano, Roberto / 2666Bolano, Roberto / 26662666Bolano, Roberto© 2004 por herederos de Roberto Bolaño2666Bolano, Roberto© 2004 by the heirs of Roberto Bolaño© 2008 by Natasha Wimmer
He said: I've slept with every poet in Mexico.Dijo: me he acostado con todos los poetas de México.The savage detectivesBolano, Roberto / Los detectives salvajesLos detectives salvajesBolano, Robertoe savage detectivesThe savage detective© 1998 by Roberto Bolaño© 2007 by Natasha Wimmer
A poet on my world once said, It is all eclipsing moons' a metaphor that means much the same as your expression it is all downhill' from the moment you are born. Forhilnor bodies and minds deteriorate over time, too.–Un poeta de mi mundo dijo en una ocasión, «Son lunas que se eclipsan»... una metáfora que viene a significar lo mismo que vuestro «es cuesta abajo»... desde el momento en que naces, también los cuerpos forhilnores se deterioran con el tiempo.Sawyer, Robert / Calculating GodSawyer, Robert / El calculo de DiosEl calculo de DiosSawyer, Robert© 2002 by Ediciones B, S.A.© 2000 by Robert SawyerCalculating GodSawyer, Robert© 2000 by Robert Sawyer
“Ruth Connors, poet,” Ruth said, by way of introduction.– Ruth Connors, poetisa -dijo Ruth a modo de presentación.Sebold, Alice / The Lovely BonesSebold, Alice / Desde Mi CieloDesde Mi CieloSebold, Alice© 2002 por Alice Sebold© 2003 por Aurora Echevarria© 2003 por Random House Mondadori, S. A.The Lovely BonesSebold, Alice© 2002 by Alice Sebold
What do you see? said the poet-physician.¿Qué ves?, dijo el poeta-galeno.The savage detectivesBolano, Roberto / Los detectives salvajesLos detectives salvajesBolano, Robertoe savage detectivesThe savage detective© 1998 by Roberto Bolaño© 2007 by Natasha Wimmer
Archimboldi's eyes were blue and to the old man they looked like the eyes of a young poet, tired, strained, reddened, but young and in a certain sense pure, although it had been a long time since the old man stopped believing in purity.Los ojos de Archimboldi eran azules y al viejo le parecieron los ojos de un joven poeta, unos ojos cansados, maltratados, enrojecidos, pero jóvenes y en cierto sentido puros, aunque el viejo hacía mucho que había dejado de creer en la pureza.Bolano, Roberto / 2666Bolano, Roberto / 26662666Bolano, Roberto© 2004 por herederos de Roberto Bolaño2666Bolano, Roberto© 2004 by the heirs of Roberto Bolaño© 2008 by Natasha Wimmer
The poet smiled.El poeta sonrió.Bolano, Roberto / 2666Bolano, Roberto / 26662666Bolano, Roberto© 2004 por herederos de Roberto Bolaño2666Bolano, Roberto© 2004 by the heirs of Roberto Bolaño© 2008 by Natasha Wimmer
Then Lola began to tell Gorka about her heterosexual experience with the poet, but her friend sidled over and kicked her in the ankle with the pointed toe of her shoe.Entonces Lola se dispuso a contarle a Gorka su experiencia heterosexual con el poeta, pero su amiga lo impidió acercándose a ella y propinándole con la puntera del zapato un golpe en el tobillo.Bolano, Roberto / 2666Bolano, Roberto / 26662666Bolano, Roberto© 2004 por herederos de Roberto Bolaño2666Bolano, Roberto© 2004 by the heirs of Roberto Bolaño© 2008 by Natasha Wimmer
For a time, in the fifties I guess, Lilian had been a reasonably well-known poet and a woman of extraordinary beauty.Durante una época, supongo que por la década del cincuenta, Lilian había sido una poeta más o menos conocida y una mujer de extraordinaria belleza.Bolano, Roberto / AmuletBolano, Roberto / AmuletoAmuletoBolano, Roberto© EDITORIAL ANAGRAMA, S.A., 1999© Roberto Bolaño, 1999AmuletBolano, Roberto© 1999 by the Heirs of Roberto Bolaño© 2006 by Chris Andrews
"Oh, poet García Madero, Ulises Lima is the kind of guy who'll do anything for poetry," said Barrios dreamily.– Ah, poeta García Madero, un tipo como Ulises Lima es capaz de hacer cualquier cosa por la poesía -dijo Barrios soñadoramente.The savage detectivesBolano, Roberto / Los detectives salvajesLos detectives salvajesBolano, Robertoe savage detectivesThe savage detective© 1998 by Roberto Bolaño© 2007 by Natasha Wimmer
I was, if I may say so, the funder and editor, the publisher and star poet.Era, si se me permite decirlo, el mecenas y el editor, el director y el poeta estrella.The savage detectivesBolano, Roberto / Los detectives salvajesLos detectives salvajesBolano, Robertoe savage detectivesThe savage detective© 1998 by Roberto Bolaño© 2007 by Natasha Wimmer
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