2666 A Novel
2666 A Novel by Roberto Bolaño is a significant work published by Picador on September 1, 2009. This first edition spans 912 pages and is presented in English. The narrative intertwines the lives of various characters, including three academics pursuing a reclusive German author, a New York journalist on his inaugural assignment in Mexico, a widowed philosopher, and a police detective entangled in a complex relationship. Set against the backdrop of Santa Teresa, a border city marked by the mysterious disappearances of hundreds of women over a decade, the book explores themes of obsession and the search for meaning.
Readers will find a multifaceted exploration of the human experience through the diverse perspectives of its characters. The novel delves into the intersections of fiction and reality, as well as the cultural and societal implications of the events unfolding in Santa Teresa. With its literary depth and expansive narrative, 2666 presents a thought-provoking examination of the darker aspects of life and the quest for understanding within a chaotic world. This edition offers a comprehensive look at Bolaño’s ambitious storytelling, inviting readers to engage with the complexities of his narrative.
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A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER
New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2008
Time Magazine’s Best Book of 2008
Los Angeles Times Best Books of 2008
San Francisco Chronicle’s 50 Best Fiction Books of 2008
Seattle Times Best Books of 2008
New York Magazine Top Ten Books of 2008
Three academics on the trail of a reclusive German author; a New York reporter on his first Mexican assignment; a widowed philosopher; a police detective in love with an elusive older woman—these are among the searchers drawn to the border city of Santa Teresa, where over the course of a decade hundreds of women have disappeared.
In the words of The Washington Post, “With 2666, Roberto Bolaño joins the ambitious overachievers of the twentieth-century novel, those like Proust, Musil, Joyce, Gaddis, Pynchon, Fuentes, and Vollmann, who push the novel far past its conventional size and scope to encompass an entire era, deploying encyclopedic knowledge and stylistic verve to offer a grand, if sometimes idiosyncratic, summation of their culture and the novelist’s place in it. Bolaño has joined the immortals.”
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