Hunger's Bride/August Fiction

[Rcfchess at aol.com]

In a message dated 08/12/2005 3:50:30 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
richard.romeo at gmail.com writes:

a slow  summer so I've begun Paul Anderson's mammoth Hunger's Bride
    IS THAT A DIFFERENT WRITER THAN SCI-FI'S POUL  ANDERSON?! (OR A TYPO?)

NYTimes had an interesting piece on Roberto Bolano  who's work beyond
Night in Chile and Distant Star are being translated  into
English--namely the Savage Detectives (600 pgs) and his  apparent
masterpiece before passing away in his early 50s, 2666, (1000  pgs
plus--described as an encyclopedic look at Latin America  revolving
around the murders of women that take place along the Tex-Mex  border)


IF YOU (OR ANYONE ON THE LIST) HAPPEN TO KNOW, IS  ALEJO CARPENTIER'S 
MASTERWORK La consagración de la primavera (SUPPOSEDLY  EVEN BETTER THAN HIS 
WONDERFUL "THE LOST STEPS") BEING  TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH? I'VE BEEN WAITING 
FOR YEARS...

I wonder if there is too much connection made between the  encyclopedic
and the length of a novel? Is JR, Infinite Jest, or  Underworld--I'd
say no.

Rich




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