{"product_id":"amulet-9780811216647","title":"Amulet","description":"\u003cem\u003eAmulet\u003c\/em\u003e is a monologue, like Bolano's acclaimed debut in English, \u003cem\u003eBy Night in Chile\u003c\/em\u003e. The speaker is Auxilio Lacouture, a Uruguayan woman who moved to Mexico in the 1960s, becoming the \"Mother of Mexican Poetry,\" hanging out with the young poets in the cafés and bars of the University. She's tall, thin, and blonde, and her favorite young poet in the 1970s is none other than Arturo Belano (Bolano's fictional stand-in throughout his books).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As well as her young poets, Auxilio recalls three remarkable women: the melancholic young philosopher Elena, the exiled Catalan painter Remedios Varo, and Lilian Serpas, a poet who once slept with Che Guevara. And in the course of her imaginary visit to the house of Remedios Varo, Auxilio sees an uncanny landscape, a kind of chasm. This chasm reappears in a vision at the end of the book: an army of children is marching toward it, singing as they go. The children are the idealistic young Latin Americans who came to maturity in the '70s, and the last words of the novel are: \"And that song is our amulet.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/29\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811216647\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.32h x 5.64w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/20\/2006 pg. 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2007 pg. 87\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Roberto Bola\u0026#195;\u0026#177;o","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51707955216565,"sku":"9780811216647","price":18.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b03ea2e0-d7d5-4568-8d35-5a12c70ae4f0.jpg?v=1757396827","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/amulet-9780811216647","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}