2666 (Spanish Edition)

Cover of 2666 (Spanish Edition) by Roberto Bolaño
Year: 2009
Language: es
Edition: 1st
Pages: 1136
ISBN-13: 9780307475954
Dimensions:
Weight: 1.80999517102 Pounds
Dewey Decimal: 863/.64, 863.7
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2666 by Roberto Bolaño is a significant work published by National Geographic Books on September 1, 2009. This Spanish edition spans 1,136 pages and presents a complex narrative involving four academics pursuing a mysterious German writer, a New York journalist on his first assignment in Mexico, a widowed philosopher, and a police detective entangled in a love affair. Set against the backdrop of Santa Teresa, a border city marked by the disappearance of hundreds of women over the past decade, the novel intricately weaves together these characters’ stories.

Readers will encounter a multifaceted exploration of themes such as crime and the literary landscape, as Bolaño delves into the lives of those drawn to the haunting realities of Santa Teresa. The narrative captures the essence of a society grappling with loss and the search for meaning amidst chaos. This edition of 2666 invites readers to engage with its rich, layered storytelling, reflecting Bolaño’s unique voice and perspective within the realm of contemporary fiction.


Official synopsis Publisher

Uno de los 10 libros del año del New York Times Book Review

Cuatro académicos tras la pista de un enigmático escritor alemán; un periodista de Nueva York en su primer trabajo en México; un filósofo viudo; un detective de policía enamorado de una esquiva mujer —estos son algunos de los personajes arrastrados hasta la ciudad fronteriza de Santa Teresa, donde en la última década han desaparecido cientos de mujeres.

Publicada póstumamente, la última novela de Roberto Bolaño no sólo es su mejor obra y una de las mejores del siglo XXI, sino uno de esos excepcionales libros que trascienden a su autor y a su época para formar parte de la literatura universal.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

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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Language: es. Pages: 1136. Edition: 1st.

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