NP 2666

[Mark Kohut]

The textual evidence might be in the wiki. I'd have to hunt again. I
sent this because, yes, I had heard what you surmised as you read:
that Archimboldi may be at least partly inspired by Pynchon. I've
never tried to see if Bolano or any friends of his can confirm.
Congrats.
Now how do we characterize identifying with a writer we read and love
who may be in another book?

On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 6:23 PM, Perry Noid <coolwithdoc at gmail.com> wrote:
> Morris - Hard for me to judge this early on. So far though I am having no
> trouble keeping track of which character is saying what and to whom, it does
> try and mix you up at times. Keeps me on my toes is all. It's certainly much
> more approachable than GR, at least this far into it. I'll have to check in
> again when I am done.
>
> Kohut - That is awesome. I haven't read Savage Detectives. Do you recall the
> textual "evidence" perhaps? I wonder if Bolaño and Pynchon shared a pulque
> or something at some point in Mexico.
>
> Thib - Thanks a bunch. I'll give that a read as soon as I get the chance. I
> do love Borges and Nazis (well, no, but you know what i mean) so that piece
> intrigues me.
>
> On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 3:01 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I read 2666 years ago, and enjoyed its writing, but at the end had no idea
>> what it was all "about."  Things happened and were described well, but they
>> had no apparent overall connection with each other.  At least that's how I
>> remember it.  If I were to read it again, that might completely change.
>>
>> David Morris
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 4:51 PM, 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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