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Nothing happened today. And if anything did, I’d rather not talk about it, because I didn’t understand it.

Roberto Bolano

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Roberto Bolano
Age: 50 †
Born: 1953
Born: April 28
Died: 2003
Died: July 16
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Poet
Writer
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