by Roberto Bolaño
I recently started reading Roberto Bolaño's epic novel, 2666. The book size itself is massive, but not enough to make me question my ability as a reader. Nevertheless, for the time being, I've decided not to continue reading it. My first introduction to Roberto Bolaño was The Skating Rink. Despite t...
Four and a half stars, and it's not five stars because I'm a loser.First of all, I thought it was too long, but I also read it too fast.Secondly, I loved the first story the most and I never got over the fact that those characters never come back again! What happened with all the love triangleness ...
What a ride! It took every ounce of my determination to keep reading this. Took me months but I don't regret a moment of it. This is truly a masterpiece.
A life-changing masterpiece. Yeah! How about that?Mishima+Proust+Borges+Stearne+presumably pure Bolaño [haven't read any of his stuff before]
Review ...displaced. ... instead, go on over here to Erik's great review where I joined in on a thread: he, Jesse, and others have really done some lovely writing about the book.
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