Hunger's Bride/August Fiction

[Ya Sam]

Could you share  your impressions about this book? I understand that it's 
impossible to characterise in a few words such mountain of a novel, but 
still, what's it like? Is it similar in any way to Pynchon's work, I mean is 
it more or less a straightforward narrative, or does it contain any 
fantastic elements and surrealist eztravaganzas like those one comes across 
in Gravity's Rainbow? The more I read about this author, the more I am 
becoming convinced that this is the writer whose novels are a good stimulus 
for studying Spanish. I've been learning the language independently for two 
years now, and I'm sure that one's I'm through with Terra Nostra I'll pick 
up 2666. I checked out the first chapter available on one of the Roberto 
Bolano sites http://www.sololiteratura.com/bol/bolfrag2666.htm and got 
immediately hooked up. That's certainly a novel I'm looking forward to 
reading.

Y

>From: gonzalo maier <8302294 at gmail.com>
>To: takoitov at hotmail.com, pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: Hunger's Bride/August Fiction
>Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 01:16:33 -0400
>
>I've read 2666 in spanish.
>In fact I have read the whole Bolaño's work, but 2666 is his best
>novel. A few critics said that is the best literary work in spanish
>since Don Quijote. And who knows, can be.
>It's just a masterpiece.
>I just love it and recommend it.
>If anyone in the list can read in spanish, check this critic:
>http://www.letras.s5.com/rb221104.htm
>That's all
>(Sorry for my poor english)
>G.
>
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>On 8/12/05, Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > 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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