NP 2666

[Jemmy Bloocher]

I've been pondering this all day; relating to fictional characters that is.
I've concluded that I haven't ever particularly related to any. That said
I've certainly felt close to some. Actually as I write the one that springs
to mind is the main female character in Andre Dubus' The House of Sand and
Fog. Although it's such a long time now since I read it I can't think why.
I'll have a think.
As to Bolaño's 2666, I think it was the Pynchon blurb mention that had me
buy it. I read all but the last 150 pages or so. I or it lost momentum. I
remember finding it exhausting near the end. I gave it away otherwise I
probably would have picked it up again. I'm glad for your sake that you
don't relate to any of the characters therein (if memory serves)!

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On 23 Dec 2015 22:52, "Perry Noid" <coolwithdoc at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry if this has been brought up before. I'm about 100-or-so pages into
> Roberto Bolaño's big book and I'm convinced the fictional German author
> Archimboldi is very P-inspired. Picked it up at the used bookstore a while
> ago because it had a comparison to Pynchon on back cover. I'm wholly
> unfamiliar with Bolaño, didn't even know what the book was about when I
> started reading. It is quite good so far. I'm at the point where, I think,
> Archimboldi, will go from focal point to catalyst. After globe-hopping and
> becoming intertwingled with each other's lives, not exactly in search of
> the elusive author, the main characters hear tell of a sighting in Mexico
> City of all places! It is presumed that he has gone to the fictional city
> of Santa Teresa in Sonora (Juarez) after and now the Scooby Gang is on his
> trail. There was about one sentence early on in the book of one of them
> being taken by the news of the maquiladora murders followed by a sentence
> announcing that it was completely forgotten afterwards by the same
> character. And now that is where they are heading without another remark
> about it.
>
> Y'all were talking about identifying with characters and I've struggled to
> think of any, from any book I've read, ever. I think Bailey hit the nail on
> the head for me. I say this because I do not identify with a single
> character in this book so far, mostly because their lives are wildly
> different from mine, and the idea seems entirely unimportant. It's not why
> i read books.
>
> Anyhooz, was just wondering if anyone else has read this and/or has
> thoughts about it.
>
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