Poor Sad Mexico

[John Bailey]

>From what I know, part of Bolano's style is to leave readers uncertain
of authorial intent. He apparently invented a lot of his biography and
played around with his public persona, creating his own myth of the
author. The various voices he writes 2666 in fit with this and are one
of the best aspects of the novel - actually, it would be interesting
to know if the English translation does justice to the original in
this regard.

I also think that those geometric arrangements might be part of a
bigger dialectic going on in the novel between chaos and patterns, and
how on a personal and social level madness can't necessarily be
aligned with either.

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
> Yes, the Bowden article truly opens the door to a disturbing world,
> particularly the police involvement in kidnap and and murder.  I'm reading
> Bolaño's 2666 which is moving all the characters to this region of Mexico.
>  Not sure how I feel about the book, so strange to start with an examination
> of the culture of lit crit.  I like Amalfitano's part better but don't know
> if I should look more closely at the geometric arrangement of philosophers,
> or how he expects readers to respond to these puzzles.  If others read this
> I'd love to hear some thoughts, maybe a pointer or 2 about how to get close
> to the writer's intent, whatever.
>
> Reminds me a little of DF Wallace.
>
> On Apr 28, 2009, at 4:43 PM, rich wrote:
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>> what with swine flu, earthquakes and drug murders now 2666 reads even
>> more prescient don't it?
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>> if u guys remember Anton Chigurh from No Country for OLd Men--read
>> Charles Bowden's piece in the new Harpers about a Juarez cartel
>> hitman--wow
>>
>> poor sad beautiful mexico
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>> rich
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