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The sky, at sunset, looked like a carnivorous flower.

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Roberto Bolano
Age: 50 †
Born: 1953
Born: April 28
Died: 2003
Died: July 16
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Santiago
Chile
Ay
Looked
Flower
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Carnivorous
Sunset
Sky

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