Myth and vanguard in The savage detectives of Roberto Bolano

Abstract

This article aims to address the disappearance and the specific closure of myth as metaphysical background in Los Detectives Salvajes by Roberto Bolano; this closure is represented in the novel by the avant-garde poet Cesarea Tinajero, a character that emerges as a concrete life, lost in history, with more courage against systemic or ethical strength, than magical properties that connect with spiritual or religious statements.