false <![CDATA[2666: A Novel (3-Volume Boxed Set)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255598130m/3137654.jpg 63032 21 La última novela de Roberto Bolaño, terminada de prisa poco antes de su muerte. Está compuesta de cinco novelas entrelazadas pero independientes. Bolaño's last novel, hurriedly finished right before his death. It comprises five interlocking yet independent novels. 3294830 book 2 11 2006 2666 total:2203|5:1146|4:617|3:263|2:114|1:54| 2203 9311 7262 779 4 56 false false Sun Jul 06 23:51:44 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 05 17:00:14 -0700 2008
1) the blood and guts
2) the disaster
3) the women

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Randall Jarrell (so many double letters in that name!) once said that a novel is a prose narrative of a certain length that has something wrong with it. Bolano's 2666 reverses this idea by implying that actually, a novel is something wrong that has a prose narrative of ...more...]]> 3 9 false true Thu May 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 26 09:09:17 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 05 14:00:43 -0700 2009
Instructions for reading:

If you want the short version read Part I, then Part V.

If you like what you read and want more, read Part II, then III.

If you are looking for punishment and a reason to quit, head to Part IV.

Review:

Part I-III...more...]]> 5 12 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 09:43:53 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 28 02:36:16 -0700 2008 The Savage Detectives), literature is indeed “a dangerous occupation,” then 2666 is certainly his attestation. Completed shortly before his death in 2003 (though left partially unedited),...more...]]> 0 8 false false Sat Jun 14 14:54:30 -0700 2008 Fri May 29 11:50:26 -0700 2009 nostlagia for the days prior to the Internet when fate, not search engines, yielded the fruits by which a further inquiry, a deeper delving, cou...more...]]> 5 9 false false Fri Jan 02 12:50:12 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 12:52:54 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 9 false false Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 10 19:14:30 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 26 09:59:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 7 false false Sun Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jan 05 06:37:13 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 02 05:47:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 6 false false Sat Nov 22 10:16:19 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 08 17:02:39 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 22 10:16:19 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 2 6 false false Fri Oct 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 24 10:02:47 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 10 20:50:07 -0700 2009 2666 has been described as "the most electrifying literary event of the year" (Lev Grossman, Time), as "a landmark in what's possible for the novel as a form" (Jonathan Lethem, The New York Times Book Review), as "a work of devastating power and complexity"...more...]]> 0 7 false false Thu Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 22:58:54 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 11:42:05 -0800 2008 ]]> 5 3 false false Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 04:44:07 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 21:23:37 -0800 2008
There may be spoilers, but nothing too serious in what foll...more...]]> 5 5 false false Sat Dec 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 06:19:50 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 14:34:57 -0800 2008 consumed me. I thought about it constantly while I was reading it, and while enough time has not passed since I...more...]]> 5 3 false false Mon Jun 23 08:25:01 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 18:10:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 3 false false Tue Dec 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 21:03:29 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 15:30:35 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 11:37:41 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 12:40:10 -0800 2009
2666 isn't really a book to like (or even "really like") - but it is a book to think about and appreciate. it's definitely not a book to give to your mom on christmas, thinking the hip paperback triptych packaging and aggressively positive reviews would make for t...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3137654