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2666 is a posthumous novel by Roberto Bolaño, published in 2004. It explores themes of violence, death, and mystery in a fictional border town inspired by Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.
Jan 1, 2004 · A novel about four literature professors who search for a mysterious writer in Mexico, where they encounter violence and horror. Read ratings, reviews, genres, and book details of this posthumous masterpiece by the Chilean author.
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Nov 12, 2008 · “2666” is the permanently mysterious title of a Bolaño manuscript rescued from his desk after his passing, the primary effort of the last five years of his life.
Sep 1, 2009 · Upset, shocked, sometimes even sickened, at times one is tempted to shut the book because it's unbearable to read. Don't shut it. Far from being a blood-and-guts thriller meant to entertain, 2666 is a 'visceral realist' portrait of the human condition in the twenty-first century.” ―Anna Topaloff, MARIANNE.
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Nov 7, 2008 · Sam Anderson explores the complex and ambitious novel 2666, which weaves together five stories about a vanished German writer, a Mexican crime wave, and a boxing match. He praises Bolaño's style, vision, and political anger, but also acknowledges the challenges and flaws of the book.
Nov 11, 2008 · 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,...
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Sep 1, 2009 · Three academics on the trail of a reclusive German author; a New York reporter on his first Mexican assignment; a widowed philosopher; a police detective in love with an elusive older woman--these are among the searchers drawn to the border city of Santa Teresa, where over the course of a decade hundreds of women have disappeared.
