Written in the form of a list, Bolaño’s postcard succinctly and wittily conveys the nature and scope of his developing aesthetic. It is written on a gallery announcement for a Jörg Madlener show in the nearby town of Figueres, an event Bolaño makes no mention of, but which dates the card as no earlier than 1983. The list [translation mine] interweaves references to literature, film, painting, and music with moments of sensual quotidian experience:
Readings: Philip K. Dick, Dickens, Cervantes, Delicado
Weather condition: Beautiful fog, stoles of cold
Weather condition: Beautiful fog, stoles of cold
Sex: Soft toboggan
Food: Pasta veronese, Mexican pizza
Adventures: I am Lemmy Caution
Writing: I am Horselover Fat
Music: Jon Hassel
Science Fiction: ¡The Wub!
Adventures: I am Lemmy Caution
Writing: I am Horselover Fat
Music: Jon Hassel
Science Fiction: ¡The Wub!
Paintings: George Henry Durrie
Heroines: Women on bridges
Heroines: Women on bridges
Vesture: Torn pants and three sweaters
Vision: Sunglasses at 5 in the morning
Animals: Everywhere their muzzles tepid or cold like knives
Fantasies: To kiss Sidney Carton in the gallows
Fantasies: To kiss Sidney Carton in the gallows
Fantasies: To live in a movie theater
Fantasies: To see Dumbo like a ray in the sky of Gerona
Fantasies: To see Dumbo like a ray in the sky of Gerona
Postcard from Bolaño to Enrique Lihn, 1983.
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