2666: A Novel by Roberto Bolano
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Book Reviews of 2666: A Novel
Book Review: One of the few author's who has revealed a unknown beauty
Summary: 5 Stars
Bolaño has managed to destroy the novel as people have done in the past. Critics have compared him to Joyce, Kafka,and Cortazar but he is an entirely different beast. Bolaño manages to conquer and dissipate the novel viscerally, through silence, allegory, dreams, and horror, rather than academic reference. In that way, it's similar to Ulysses, however he references specifically to the heart, and something within us-a mysterious and horrifying beauty-that we have never encountered before.
This is the best novel of our generation of readers. Highly recommended.Bolaño is a genius.
Book Review: Buy the boxed set!
Summary: 5 Stars
By all means read this fascinating masterpiece in whatever edition you can. It is a labyrinth of wonders in which you may willingly lose your bearings, knowing that you will emerge transformed. But if at all possible, buy the boxed set. The three separate volumes fit much more easily into the hand, and the gorgeous covers are a meaningful commentary on the diverse qualities of each of the major sections. See my more detailed review in this context.Book Review: 2666
Summary: 5 Stars
..... my reviews are not ever really long and this one will be no exception. maybe roberto would have even appreciated the shortness of this one....in my own delusions/dreams i would like to think so.
2666 is nothing less than the literary masterpiece of our time.
thank you thank you thank you to natasha wimmer for a remarkable translation.
Book Review: a work of genius
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a book whose size may scare away some readers, but keep in mind that it's five medium-size books, not just one. I found I had to be patient with the first one, but from there on in I was completely carried away. There is nothing that this man's mind can't include and the level of language (the translation is marvelous) is as good as anything being written today. A must.Book Review: A TIMELESS MASTERPIECE. DAUNTING BUT WORTH IT.
Summary: 5 Stars
Think huge, Dickensian in complexity, at times surreal and beautiful and
at others chilling and sad. I consider it a masterpiece of the wise author's words and the traslator as well. The novel as art. Just so stagerring in it's enormity and imagination. You must invest in it true,
but if you love literature, you must read it. One for the ages.