2666: A Novel by Roberto Bolano

2666: A Novel



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2666: A Novel Roberto Bolano ebook
Format: epub
Page: 912
ISBN: 0312429215, 9780312429218
Publisher: Picador


The reason I bought 2666 wasn't because I knew I was getting stomach flu, but because of my occasional worry that I'm too old to experience a new novel as a masterpiece. The wide ranging geography and time frame of 2666 defy easy summary. When #occupygaddis was proposed on Twitter, I posted it to Facebook, where Pat suggested that J.R. Was all right and all, but if I wanted a real book, see, maybe I'd like to check out this Bolaño fellow with him. And the experience was generally positive. For the past week, I have been walking around, trying to think of what — finally — to say about Roberto Bolaño's novel, 2666. According to his heirs, Roberto Bolaño left instructions that his final work, 2666, should be published as five separate novels, each corresponding to one of the sections of the book as it appears today. Facetious, I know, but hey, I got through the book. I can imagine that as a book 2666 would present a huge challenge to me, because it's very testing in places. Bolaño's final novel, 2666, represents a sort of apotheosis of that dread.