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‘2666’

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Posted 01/28/09 in Vulture

Huge Surprises

Novelist Obessed With Mythmaking Novelists Unexpectedly Accused of Mythmaking

Roberto Bolaño allegedly made up his addiction to heroin. How Archimboldian!

Posted 11/14/08 in Vulture

Chat Room

Natasha Wimmer on Translating Bolaño’s 2666

We asked Alan Page, translator of the screenplays '21 Grams' and 'Babel,' to find out how Wimmer did it.

Posted 11/07/08 in Vulture

Bolanopalooza

Essential Bolaño: The Five Most Unskippable Passages in ‘2666’

If you’re thinking of quitting, try one of these first. It might inspire you to settle in and read the rest.

Posted 11/07/08 in Vulture

Bolanopalooza

Why Big Books Still Matter

Is Roberto Bolaño's masterpiece, '2666,' really any more difficult than two seasons of 'Mad Men'?

Posted 11/07/08 in Vulture

Bolanopalooza

Roberto Bolaño’s Five-Page Sentence: Read It Here First!

Read it for Bolaño’s obvious improvisational delight in keeping the sentence afloat, phrase by phrase — a skill the critic James Wood once compared to 'someone punting a leaf.'

Posted 10/31/08 in Vulture

Nerdgasm

Book Porn: Roberto Bolaño’s ‘2666’ Looks Hot

We judge Roberto Bolaño's purported masterpiece by its covers and find it quadruply sexy.