Week 6: pages 291-349
“So what are we going to do? What can we do?”—Rosa Amalfitano Fate is often the answer to the question Why me? For the women of Santa Teresa (and Juárez), the question might be more “Why us?” but the...
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by Daryl L.L. Houston 299: Guadalupe Roncal describes the Santa Teresa prison as being like a bad dream. 300: Guadalupe Roncal says the suspect in the Santa Teresa murders has the face of a dreamer....
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by Maria Bustillos Here’s a rundown of the story of the Virgin of Guadalupe, via Wikipedia. According to official Catholic accounts of the Guadalupan apparitions, during a walk from his home village to...
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by Nicole Perrin 12 — p.292 — Fate is discussing September 11 with the Mohammedan Brotherhood; one member describes the death of Mohamed Atta (and the other hijackers) as part of a Klan conspiracy. 13...
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Week 6: Tidbits
page 298: Guadalupe Roncal mentions that she drinks a Sonoran drink called bacanora. This is essentially mezcal made from the agave plants in the state of Sonora. The distillation process is slightly...
View ArticleWeek 6: Dream dreams the dreamer
by Maria Bustillos Michael Mullen wrote an extraordinary reply to an earlier post, and I’d like to draw attention to it. **************** Seaman’s sermon I’ve mostly re-read already, because it’s...
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by Sara Corona Goldstein Harlem, New York – Fate meets the Mohammedan Brotherhood here during a pro-Palestine demonstration just after 9/11. (p. 290) Bronx, New York – Fate has an appointment with...
View ArticleWeek 6: Vocabulary
by Meaghan Doyle I’ve also compiled an aggregated list of all the vocabulary words through week 6 (page 349). agua fresca a combination of either fruits, cereals, or seeds, and sugar and water, blended...
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by Brooks Williams Guadalupe Roncal A reporter covering the murders in Santa Teresa that Fate meets in the bar of the hotel where most of the other sportswriters are staying (Sonora Resort) (295-296)....
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The Third Reich: Udo the German
Why is Bolaño so obsessed with Germany? Maybe this is naive (and US-centric) question, but throughout his work, Bolaño displays an interest in Europe as the center of culture, with the U.S. playing...
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