Since we're on the subject of Latin American authors, what think you about Bolano? I've read a couple of his things, he was an interesting cat and too bad he won't be around for as long as GGM. Here's a speech published in the latest Nation Magazine on Literature and Exile for a New Directions title:Between Parentheses: Essays, Articles, and Speeches (1998-2003) to the Austrian Soc for Lit.
http://www.thenation.com/article/157...ture-and-exile