Novelist Obessed With Mythmaking Novelists Unexpectedly Accused of Mythmaking
Roberto Bolaño allegedly made up his addiction to heroin. How Archimboldian!
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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.
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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.'
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We judge Roberto Bolaño's purported masterpiece by its covers and find it quadruply sexy.
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