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This novel came to my attention after seeing a quote on castellanos moya from roberto bolano somewhere and then finding another one. Senselessness by horacio castellanos moya, translated by katherine silver list progress. In 2009, he was a guest researcher at the university of tokyo. Senselessness, horacio castellanos moya katherine silver, trans. Senselessness is the english translation of the 2004 novel insensatez, originally written in spanish by salvadoran writer horacio castellanos moya. Horacio castellanos moyasenselessness jan 21st, 2011 by mary i was in the grips of the worst of all terrors, as if death were breathing alongside me, as if the snores of sleeping beauty were the blast of the trumpet announcing the arrival of the black heralds, what a thought, for fear distorts everything.
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