Amulet (1999)
by
Roberto Bolaño
Book Read: April 2015
Note Written: 08 July 2015
'Amulet' by Roberto Bolaño is a novel which tells the story of a young female poet, Auxilio Lacouture, set in Mexico. Through the first person narration of the novel we get to know and feel the terrors that she has gone through; her experiences; her adventures; her new acquaintances; different stories from different people and how they are relevant in shaping the poetry, academic, and intellectual atmosphere of the times of the place, Mexico in the 70's. One memorable scene from the novel is where the protagonist is locked up in a bathroom during a military siege of the university campus she is in, and how that incident haunts her, comes back to torment her in each crossroad of life that she faces or finds herself in.
Amulet offers a ray of hope to us, through the optimistic perspective of Auxillio Lacouture, 'The Mother of Mexican Poetry'. Amulet is vivid, detailed, disturbing and hopeful at the same time. Amulet is the charm of all our lives- we could be lucky, or not.
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