2666

2666 is a posthumous novel by Roberto Bolaño, published in It explores themes of violence, death, and degeneration in a fictional border town inspired by Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. A novel about four literature professors who follow a mysterious German writer to Ciudad Juárez, where they witness a series of gruesome murders. The book is part of Bolaño's 2666 cycle, a sprawling and complex narrative that spans two continents and explores themes of violence, history and literature. Paperback - September 1, Composed in the last years of Roberto Bolaño's life, 2666 was greeted across Europe and Latin America as his highest achievement, surpassing even his previous work in its strangeness, beauty, and scope. Its throng of unforgettable characters includes academics and convicts, an American sportswriter, an elusive. Author of 2666 and many other acclaimed works, Roberto Bolaño (1953-2003) was born in Santiago, Chile, and later lived in Mexico, Paris, and Spain. He has been acclaimed "by far the most exciting writer to come from south of the Rio Grande in a long time" (Ilan Stavans, The Los Angeles Times)," and as "the real thing and the rarest" (Susan. 2666 is a novel by Roberto Bolaño about a reclusive German author and the unsolved murders of women in Santa Teresa, Mexico. The book is divided into five parts, each with a different narrative style and perspective, and explores themes of crime, misogyny, and society.

2666: A Novel: Roberto Bolano, Natasha Wimmer: 9780374100148: Amazon - Roberto Bolaño Mathieu Bourgois. As in Arcimboldo's paintings, the individual elements of "2666" are easily cataloged, while the composite result, though unmistakable, remains ominously. 2666 is indeed Bolaño's master statement, not just on account of its length and quality but also because it is the fullest expression of his two abiding themes: the writing life and violence. Macmillan, Nov 11, 2008 - Fiction - 898 pages. THE POSTHUMOUS MASTERWORK FROM "ONE OF THE GREATEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL MODERN WRITERS" (JAMES WOOD, THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW) Composed in the last years of Roberto Bolaño's life, 2666 was greeted across Europe and Latin America as his highest. Sam Anderson explores the complex and ambitious novel 2666, which weaves together five stories about a vanished German writer, a Mexican crime wave, and a boxing match. He praises Bolaño's poetic style, political anger, and literary vision, but also acknowledges the challenges and flaws of the book. A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER. THE POSTHUMOUS MASTERWORK FROM "ONE OF THE GREATEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL MODERN WRITERS" (JAMES WOOD, THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW) Composed in the last years of Roberto Bolaño's life, 2666 was greeted across Europe and Latin America as his highest achievement, surpassing even his previous work in. Composed in the last years of Roberto Bolaño's life, 2666 was greeted across Europe and Latin America as his highest achievement, surpassing even his previous work in its strangeness, beauty, and scope. Its throng of unforgettable characters includes academics and convicts, an American sportswriter, an elusive German novelist. 2666 is a posthumous masterpiece by the acclaimed Chilean writer, composed in the last years of his life. It depicts the lives and fates of various characters in a fictional Juárez, where hundreds of young women have disappeared.

2666

2666: A Novel Paperback - Bargain Price, September 1, Three academics on the trail of a reclusive German author; a New York reporter on his first Mexican assignment; a widowed philosopher; a police detective in love with an elusive older woman--these are among the searchers drawn to the border city of Santa Teresa, where over the course. 2666 is a complex and ambitious novel that explores themes of art, violence, and identity in a fictional Mexican border city. It consists of five parts, each with a different narrative voice and style, and features a mysterious novelist, a group of critics, and a journalist. Pan Macmillan, 2009 - Fiction - 898 pages. The epic novel that defined one of Latin America's greatest writers and his unique vision of the 20th century. Santa Teresa, on the Mexico-US border, is an urban sprawl that draws in lost souls. Among them are three academics on the trail of a reclusive German author; a. Reading these two novels only reinforced the opinion he'd already formed of Archimboldi. In 1983, at the age of twenty-two, he undertook the task of translating D'Arsonval. 2666, like all of Bolaño's work, is a graveyard. In his 1998 acceptance speech for the Rómulo Gallego's Prize, Bolaño revealed that in some way everything he wrote was "a letter of love. 2666 - 3-Volume Boxed Set: A Novel.