"Autumn in Gerona" and around the time of the publication of Bolaño's first novel, maintains the confusion and doubt of Bolaño's earlier work. The poem is a coming-of-age story of sorts about an idealistic group of young musicians searching for a movement to latch on to. Pancho Ferri and his Neochileans are a reincarnation of Kerouac's Dean Moriarty and the Beats: bored and cynical, they hit the road in pursuit of a promised land--the American West for the beats, North towards Ecuador for the Neochileans.from The Harvard Crimson: Poetry Collection Introduces the Real Roberto Bolaño
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