Average Bufph Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
Roberto Bolaño
2008-11-11
THE POSTHUMOUS MASTERWORK FROM “ONE OF THE GREATEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL MODERN WRITERS” (JAMES WOOD, THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW) Composed in the last years of Roberto Bolaño’s life, 2666 was greeted across Europe and Latin America as his highest achievement, surpassing even his previous work in its strangeness, beauty, and scope. Its throng of unforgettable characters includes academics and convicts, an American sportswriter, an elusive German novelist, and a teenage student and her widowed, mentally unstable father. Their lives intersect in the urban sprawl of SantaTeresa—a fictional Juárez—on the U.S.-Mexico border, where hundreds of young factory workers, in the novel as in life, have disappeared.
Bolaño's magnum opus confronts the reader with a labyrinthine narrative that is as intellectually demanding as it is emotionally resonant. The interplay between the novel's fragmented structure and its thematic exploration of violence and the quest for meaning is nothing short of masterful. The author's ability to weave a tapestry of interconnected stories is a testament to his narrative prowess. A work that challenges and captivates in equal measure, demanding multiple readings to fully appreciate its depth and complexity.
