My thoughts on "Amulet" by Roberto Bolaño

 I found the novel "Amulet" by Roberto Bolaño to be very interesting. I was confused at first as to if the stories Auxilio was telling were things that had happened in real life or were only that of a dream. As the novel went on, it revealed that it was the dreams of Auxilio and that cleared a lot of confusion for me and the novel made sense. I found all the different stories and experiences in this novel to be very interesting. I would think that having the several different stories and plot lines of the dreams in the novel would be confusing, but in conclusion it was done in a perfect way where I was able to hear the right amount of each story and make sense of it, which made me interesting into what was going to happen next. I wonder what the end part of the novel during the snow and ice storm represented and if it was part of a dream of Auxilio's. I know that during the snow storm, there was a little voice that had been conversing with Auxilio and I wonder who that little voice was and how they knew Auxilio. My question is who was the little voice in relation to Auxilio? It seemed like they knew a lot about Auxilio and happened to be someone that knew she had a power. That power being telling the future, I wonder if that had something to do with the level of vividness of the dreams that Auxilio had or that has raised her ability to dream like that. I think that the way these dreams were written was very beautiful and I found myself getting lost in each of them as it moved on towards another dream full of memories. I was able to follow along with each part of the novel and understand. It was interesting to see the part in which Auxilio tells the little voice that she can tell the future. Auxilio pointing out the dates in the future was interesting and put life into a different perspective for me. I was able to see all these dates and it just lead me think more about how time works and how powerful work and art from humans is and how it makes such an influence and impact on the future and lives of other humans. I found this book to be a beautiful novel.


Comments

  1. Daniel ChoiMarch 23, 2022 at 11:50 AM

    Great blog and a very interesting question! I also had a similar experience reading the book, feelings unsure if the events of the story were memories, predictions, or just dreams. It seems like all of these were mixed, exemplifying Auxilio's "power" to mix together the present, future, and past. For me, the voice (in the dream) seems to show Auxilio's unstable state. It seems like Auxilio is in crucial need of someone to talk to, someone to show and justify her "significance" as a prophet and "mother of Mexican poetry". It's almost as if she needs someone to tell this self-justified belief, which exemplifies to me an unstable state.

    - Daniel Choi

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  2. Sam WallaceMarch 23, 2022 at 5:49 PM

    Hi,

    I also enjoyed the use of dreams in the novel. I believed their significance was to show the birth of the movement which would come after the events of the novel, rather than during.

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  3. Vidushi SinghMarch 23, 2022 at 11:55 PM

    Hey!
    I enjoyed reading your blog because I thought the exact same thing when reading especially about the whole dream-like experience that this book gave me. It put me into a trance and actually was the way I would end my day because I would read it before sleeping. I think the little voice is her own inner voice that's speaking out to her as it voices out the thoughts she pushes down.
    - Vidushi Singh

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  4. jaisleen thindMarch 24, 2022 at 3:49 PM

    Hi Taia,
    I really enjoyed reading your blog too! I found your question interasting because I was wondering the same thing, the snow storm i feel like represented the battle between the students and the political power in Mexico.

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  5. deeMarch 25, 2022 at 11:08 PM

    Hi hi
    I really enjoy your question about the voice, I honestly really don't know but it is interesting to think about, perhaps one of thepoets?

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