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| Author | Roberto Bolaño |
|---|---|
| Original title | Amuleto |
| Translator | Chris Andrews |
| Language | Spanish |
| Publisher | Anagrama |
Publication date | 1999 |
| Publication place | Spain |
Published in English | 2006 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 154 |
| ISBN | 8433910973 |
Amulet (Spanish: Amuleto) is a short novel by the Chilean author Roberto Bolaño (1953–2003). It was published in 1999. An English translation, by Chris Andrews, was published by New Directions in 2006.
The book is dedicated to the author's poet friend Mario Santiago Papasquiaro (1953–1998), who died the year it was being written; as "Ulises Lima", Santiago was prominently featured in The Savage Detectives and gets a cameo in this story.
The novel is contextualized at the time of the 1968 Movement in Mexico, specifically in the army invasion of the Ciudad Universitaria, on 18 September 1968, which preceded the Tlatelolco massacre of 2 October of the same year occurred at the end of the government of Mexican President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz.