NP 2666

[Jemmy Bloocher]

Precisely that. It was just tedious. I'm wondering now whether the
overriding effect of the prose would be hypnotic in a way. If one
perseveres with it does it attain a certain quality which I've missed by
quitting? I'd be interested to know.
On 29 Dec 2015 21:28, "Perry Noid" <coolwithdoc at gmail.com> wrote:

> JB - Maybe it was chapter 4, "The Part About the Crimes," that was
> exhausting? I'm beginning that section now and it is getting a bit
> exhausting reading through these clinical depictions of awful murders, one
> after another, after being dazzled for three excellent chapters. And being
> impressed at how his writing was revolving around such a spectacle without
> explicitly utilizing it to draw me in. This bit is the hardest for me to
> engage with so far. not for the violence, it's just tedious. I even
> considered skipping over it but I won't do that. I'm hopeful this will be
> redeemed at the end of it all. The climaxes of all three chapters so far
> were fantastic. I can see people falling ff at this point though
>
> On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 3:27 PM, Jemmy Bloocher <jbloocher at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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)!
>>
>> E
>> 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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