Hunger's Bride/August Fiction

[Ya Sam]

I just read that piece on Roberto Bolano and his gargantuan 2666. Sounds 
very promising. Has anyone read it? I guess there should be quite a lot of 
P-listers who read in Spanish.

>From: Rcfchess at aol.com
>To: richard.romeo at gmail.com, Subject: Re: Hunger's Bride/August Fiction
>Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 16:25:36 EDT
>
>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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