TRP's review of Garcia Marquez

[rich]

P--

Pynchon reviewed Love in the Time of Cholera for the NYTBR--you can
read it on NYT's website--book reviews are free.

Rich

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 3:16 PM, Page <page at quesnelbc.com> wrote:
> Mark,
>
> Can you steer me to TRP's review of Marquez? (I assume you are referring to
> Garcia Marquez.) Was it a largely about *100 Years of Solitude*, or was it
> not focused on any particular novel or short story (ies)?
>
> G M has published the first volume of a projected three-volume
> autobiography, titled *Living to Tell the Tale.* Anyone who likes GM,
> particularly 100 Years, will find the book fascinating. It challenges the
> reader to determine whether his autobiography is factual, or a re-telling
> his his fiction.
>
> Thanks--Page
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mark Kohut
> To: rich
> Cc: pynchon -l ; Brad Andrews ; mark levine ; me
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 11:34 AM
> Subject: Re: English Translation Bolano's 2666 in November 2008
> I had dropped a note to Mr. Sam Tanenhaus, editor of the New York Times Book
> Review, whom I have met as lightly as a butterfly, reminding him (as if he
> knew) that Pynchon is
> reputed to have read, maybe knew, Bolano, and so forth ala
> Archimboldi.........and how
> wonderful was that front-page review by TRP of Marquez back in the day, eh?,
>  which he has to have known of, and how wonderful, etc"...............
>
> A--and he responded with a hint---'yes, that would be wonderful if we
> could"--- that they might be trying/have been trying to get TRP to review
> Bolano..................................
>
> Let's hope. This would be THE ONE.......Bolano's BIG
> ONE...............................
>
> Mark
>
> rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> this looks like something to look forward to:
>
> "The monumental 2666 was published in 2004. At 1100 pages, the novel
> is divided in five "parts," four and a half of which were finished
> before Bolaño's death. Focused on the unsolved and still ongoing
> serial murders of Ciudad Juárez (Santa Teresa in the novel), the
> apocalyptic 2666 depicts the horror of the 20th century through a wide
> cast of characters, including the secretive, Pynchon-like German
> writer Archimboldi.
>
> 2666 is considered by many critics[citation needed] to be the most
> important book of its generation, a novel which opens roads through
> the unknown, a huge show of narrative power, a brilliant work of
> personal battles, blood, astonishment and geniality."
>
> rich
>
>
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