NP but 2666 again, the play

[Perry Noid]

I think you can safely start at chapter 4 if you have already read the
first three, even if it was a long time ago. There are some recurring
motifs and characters that appear in more than one chapter but for the most
part they can be read separately i feel. BTW, I absentmindedly assumed
there were no depictions of murder, only bodies, but there are a few, it's
just presented as though pieced together from evidence. Something that
helped me get through some of the rougher patches was writing down the
name, month, and year, if given, of the victim and when the crime occurs or
body is discovered on a separate paper. Which might be weird actually, now
that I write it down for all to see it does seem weird, but it worked for
me.

I do want to read hundred years, I'm obligated in fact since my friend
loaned me her copy after we had talked about it a while back, and it is
good so far only 30 pages in. Been meaning to for many years

On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 9:22 AM, Jemmy Bloocher <jbloocher at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Perry. Excellent points. I'm going to have to go back to it. I did
> thoroughly enjoy it up until that point and I do feel, now especially, that
> I owe it another attempt. Is it worth starting where I left off or from
> scratch?
>
> I adored 100 Years of Solitude, though it's a long time since I've read
> it. I remember it very fondly.
> On 21 Jan 2016 14:54, "Perry Noid" <coolwithdoc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Coming to Chicago in a matter of weeks
>> https://www.goodmantheatre.org/2666
>>
>> For anyone near the area and interested. I'm very much interested but I
>> live on the west coast, unfortunately. Apparently was financed by a
>> Powerball lottery winner, the hydra of chance strikes back, and interesting
>> that a book based on a fictionalized "murder capital" of Juarez will be
>> performed as a play in another one.
>>
>> I don't know if this a new adaptation or a translation of the Spanish
>> play.
>>
>> I am trying to read *One Hundred Years of Solitude *but I keep going
>> back to *2666, *it's got a hold on me. For Jemmy, if you're reading, I
>> think you were curious to know if the Part About the Crimes had a hypnotic
>> effect as you progress, I do not get that feeling at all when I read it. My
>> hunch is that Bolaño wants the reader to be like Lalo Cura, the (I think)
>> youngest cop on the force, autodidact detective, who might be my favorite
>> character, and get a sense of what it must be like poring over police
>> reports that get more piled on as you go, how overwhelming it is and the
>> institutional hurdles you face. I don't recall there being any actual
>> depictions of the murders, just the reports of bodies turned up and what
>> can be gleaned from them, if identified then there are a few more details
>> from victims acquaintances. Some victims directly linked though you
>> wouldn't know that unless you remember the names or go back and compare
>> details, locations etc.
>>
>> But the reason I don't get numb or hypnotized following along is the
>> structure of it. In the cracks between the crimes are the lives of the
>> detectives, journalists, Florina Almada the psychic on TV, the
>> congresswoman and her own investigation. It is well worth the time,
>> especially if you liked the book up until that point since the stories in
>> this chapter are not to be missed, nor is the final chapter on Archimboldi.
>>
>
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