Bolano Creates Posthumous Sensation With Novel of Art, Murder

[rich]

thx for this Otto

still boning up on my German--the practice is good, nicht wahr?

anyway, I finished 2666 a few weeks ago--the best parts of the book
are the awful scenes in Saint Theresa--I was not much impressed by the
other sections--the same annoying intellectuals found in much of
Bolanos' work, and the background of Baron von Archimboldi was a bit
anti-climatic

i think it is worth reading in these days of minimalist fiction but I
guess what is missing for me is the shear joy of reading--the prose is
pretty leaden overall, though Bolano's energy and imagery are pretty
notable, too. I guess what I'm saying is I don't think I'd want to
read it again.

considering the continued violence in Mexico does make the book timely
that's for sure (check out the continuing series of pieces in the LA
Times--very sobering reading)

rich

On 12/22/08, Otto <ottosell at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Vier Wissenschaftler auf dem Weg zur Hölle
> Von Hannes Stein - 22. Dezember 2008, 02:02 Uhr
>
> Wie der lateinamerikanische Schriftsteller Roberto Bolano mit dem
> Tausend-Seiten-Roman "2666" zum Liebling der US-Kritik wird
> (...)
> Der Roman mündet in eine Vision vom kriegsverwüsteten Europa, die (so
> Francine Prose) zum Teil von der Geschichte inspiriert sei, zum Teil
> von Thomas Pynchon, zum Teil auch von Stanley Kubrick - am meisten
> aber von Roberto Bolano selbst.
>
> http://www.welt.de/welt_print/article2915843/Vier-Wissenschaftler-auf-dem-Weg-zur-Hoelle.html
>
>
> 2008/11/10 Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>:
>> Bolano Creates Posthumous Sensation With Novel of Art, Murder
>> Review by Craig Seligman
>> (...)
>> On the other hand, ``2666'' could be an exemplary novel for a world
>> inundated with information but desperately short on analysis.
>> Brutality, blankness -- is this the mirror of our age?
>>
>> http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aUEiY8Fijbr0
>>
>
>