2666: A Novel Roberto Bolano
Publisher: Picador

That is the basis for their connection. Reading "2666", "it becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish Roberto Bolaño's genius from his excess. Chilean author Roberto Bolaño left behind a surfeit of unfinished manuscripts after his death, but nothing was more intriguing than a reported sixth part of 2666, his bestselling magnum opus. If the streets of Santa Teresa and the style of 2666 are anarchic and the epigraph refers to our corrosive modernity and its abuses of freedom and desires, then we can anticipate an even more sprawling post-modern novel. That's not something very many people are willing to do. The English translation hits stores next Tuesday and the reviews couldn't be better, especially considering the book's 912 pages. 2666 is a novel written by Roberto Bolaño and published posthumously in Spanish in 2004. In the first section of Bolano's 2666, the academics have Archembolo's books in common. 2666 by Roberto Bolaño For an 800-page, translated novel in five sections, 2666 is an unbelievable pleasure to read. Obviously there's a part of me that applauds the willingness of all three critics, at a time when 2666 was the Hot Hot Book in the US, to swim against the current. €”The Part About Fate,” 2666, p.348. The question of whether 2666 is a total novel seems interesting enough for its own thread.