There will be no compulsory secondary reading or outside preparation beyond the novel itself.

(Please read each Part before the corresponding week’s meeting). At the center is a series of unsolved murders around Santa Teresa, a mythic city on the Mexican border, much like Ciudad Juárez. The novel is divided into five sections, and we will read one section per week. Resumen de 2666 (6ª ED. Roberto Bolaño’s five-part beast of a novel calls for some amateur detective work. In addition to these thematic concerns, we will dissect the novel aesthetically, examining how each part employs different styles and structures. In this reading group, we will approach 2666 as a multi-faceted, expansive novel that is many things at once: border narrative, history of violence, and meditation on the art and calling of literature. Its sprawling plot takes in a mysterious German author and a gang of literary critics who set out to find him, the sinister and mostly unsolved femicides in the fictional border city of Santa Teresa (largely based on Ciudad Juárez) along with fascinating explorations of the nature of horror, violence and art in the 20th century. Durante tres meses accederás de forma gratuita a un catálogo de 90.000 libros y podcast. Este libro está disponible en archivo audible con un solo clic. Originally published in Spanish, shortly after the author’s death in 2003, Roberto Bolaño’s 2666 is considered one of the greatest novels of the 21st century, in any language. Al hacer clic en el botón de abajo podrás obtener el libro de 2666 de Roberto Bolaño. The book is excellent, addictive, full of pain and pathos and humanity. The book is, in my paperback edition (composed of three separate books) 893 pages long. The book comprises five sections, each focusing on a separate but often overlapping set of characters and locations. Es valiente de una forma que pocas obras lo son: elimina de golpe la brecha entre lo divertido y lo solemne». Rosa Martí, Esquire «La creación más audaz de Bolaño. Please allow 2 weeks for shipped books to arrive. 2666 is Chilean exile Roberto Bolao’s posthumous magnum opus. Con la vida escurriéndose entre sus dedos, al escribir 2666 Bolaño salvaba al mundo con sus palabras».

The ‘With Book’ option includes a copy of 2666 at a 10% discount from our Bookstore.

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