Reading _2666_

[ultradark]

Just started reading Roberto Bolano's sprawling novel _2666_ about a week ago, and I can hardly think about anything else. So far, I'm still on "The Part About the Critics," and I am truly inspired at the author's ability to make the conference-going antics of four literature scholars more gripping than any of the random crime novels I was reading

Comments

[theclownhunt]

I loved Bolaño's Savage Detectives, so your post is another good reason for me to pick up 2666.

[ultradark]

2666 is much better than The Savage Detectives. It's simultaneously more all-over-the-place and more urgent.

Sorry we didn't make it up there. The fates colluded against us. But in the Spring, most definitely.

[theclownhunt]

Sorry you couldn't make it but it'll be great to see you in the Spring. In the meantime,viva Bolaño!