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1/28/2009 at 10:30 a.m.

Novelist Obessed With Mythmaking Novelists Unexpectedly Accused of Mythmaking

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

By Lane Brown

11/14/2008 at 12:47 p.m.

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.

By Alan Page

11/7/2008 at 1:15 p.m.

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.

By Sam Anderson

11/7/2008 at 12:45 p.m.

Why Big Books Still Matter

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

By Boris Kachka

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11/7/2008 at 11:15 a.m.

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.'

By Sam Anderson

10/31/2008 at 4:15 p.m.

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

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

By Logan Hill