Roberto Bolaño: Stories from "The Insufferable Gaucho"

📚 About our sessions

Please read the stories listed below before attending. For every story we will start with summarizing the story so that we have it fresh in our minds. We will share our opinions about the story, which parts we liked and which we didn't like, and we will discuss any and all aspects of the story and the writing.

📖 About this session
This week we will read and discuss a selection of short stories from Roberto Bolaño's posthumous collection titled "The insufferable gaucho". We will have extra focus on "Police rat", a story inspired by a Kafka story about a civilization of rats. Please read the following stories before the session:

"Jim" 🔥 (800 words), also available in Spanish here.
"Police rat" 🐀 (9100 words), also available in Spanish here.
"The vocation" ⛪ (2700 words), also available in Spanish here.

After the discussion feel free to stick around, socialize, and make new friends. ☕