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When I met them (at poor Quim's house), we talked about poetry and painting.Cuando los conocí (en casa del pobre Quim) hablamos de poesía y de pintura.The savage detectivesBolano, Roberto / Los detectives salvajesLos detectives salvajesBolano, Robertoe savage detectivesThe savage detective© 1998 by Roberto Bolaño© 2007 by Natasha Wimmer
Ain't that something for a guy who wrote a goddamn thesis on transcendentalism in the poetry of Walt Whitman?"¿Qué tal está eso para un tipo que escribió una maldita tesis sobre el trascendentalismo en la poesía de Walt Whitman?Kellerman, Jonathan / When The Bough BreaksKellerman, Jonathan / La Rama RotaLa Rama RotaKellerman, JonathanWhen The Bough BreaksKellerman, Jonathan© 1985 by Jonathan Kellerman
No, as far as I know this Bustamante doesn't write poetry anymore.No, que yo sepa el tal Bustamente ya no escribe poesía.The savage detectivesBolano, Roberto / Los detectives salvajesLos detectives salvajesBolano, Robertoe savage detectivesThe savage detective© 1998 by Roberto Bolaño© 2007 by Natasha Wimmer
I wasn't brave enough to ring the bell, and for a while I walked around the neighborhood thinking about María, Angélica, Lupe, and poetry.No tuve valor para tocar el timbre y durante un rato estuve dando vueltas por el barrio pensando en María, en Angélica, en Lupe y en la poesía.The savage detectivesBolano, Roberto / Los detectives salvajesLos detectives salvajesBolano, Robertoe savage detectivesThe savage detective© 1998 by Roberto Bolaño© 2007 by Natasha Wimmer
We talk about Mexico City, about French poetry.Hablamos del DF, hablamos de poesía francesa.The savage detectivesBolano, Roberto / Los detectives salvajesLos detectives salvajesBolano, Robertoe savage detectivesThe savage detective© 1998 by Roberto Bolaño© 2007 by Natasha Wimmer
He came to my office, as he did each month, to deliver a poetry review for the law school journal and collect his payment.Vino a mi despacho, como cada mes, a entregarme y a cobrar una reseña de poesía para la revista del Colegio de Abogados.The savage detectivesBolano, Roberto / Los detectives salvajesLos detectives salvajesBolano, Robertoe savage detectivesThe savage detective© 1998 by Roberto Bolaño© 2007 by Natasha Wimmer
I've read Shakespeare, Elizabethan poetry and American history, with an emphasis on the Civil War.También he leído a Shakespeare, poesía isabelina e historia norteamericana, en especial sobre la guerra civil.Katzenbach, John / Just CauseKatzenbach, John / Juicio FinalJuicio FinalKatzenbach, John© 1992 by John Katzenbach© Ediciones B, S. A., 2006Just CauseKatzenbach, John© 1992 by John Katzenbach
Actually, the Peruvian had always been hopeless as an essayist, it didn't matter if he was playing spokesman of the dispossessed or extolling Paz's poetry.En realidad, como ensayista el peruano resultó siempre un desastre, ya fuera en el papel de portavoz de los campesinos desheredados o en el de adalid de la poesía paciana.The savage detectivesBolano, Roberto / Los detectives salvajesLos detectives salvajesBolano, Robertoe savage detectivesThe savage detective© 1998 by Roberto Bolaño© 2007 by Natasha Wimmer
The thing he wanted to tell me would turn Spanish-language poetry upside down.Aquello que me quería contar iba a trastornar la poesía en lengua española.The savage detectivesBolano, Roberto / Los detectives salvajesLos detectives salvajesBolano, Robertoe savage detectivesThe savage detective© 1998 by Roberto Bolaño© 2007 by Natasha Wimmer
"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
In fact, there was a dearth of faggots in Mexican poetry, although some optimists might point to López Velarde or Efraín Huerta.De hecho, la poesía mexicana carecía de poetas maricones, aunque algún optimista pudiera pensar que allí estaba López Velarde o Efraín Huerta.The savage detectivesBolano, Roberto / Los detectives salvajesLos detectives salvajesBolano, Robertoe savage detectivesThe savage detective© 1998 by Roberto Bolaño© 2007 by Natasha Wimmer
"Poetry is more than enough for me, although sooner or later I'm bound to commit the vulgarity of writing stories."Con la poesía tengo de sobras, aunque un año de éstos voy a cometer la vulgaridad de ponerme a escribir cuentos.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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