By Night in Chile

Roberto Bolaño's 2666 has been described as "the most electrifying literary event of the year" (Lev Grossman, Time), as "a landmark in what's possible for the novel as a form" (Jonathan Lethem, The New York Times Book Review), as "a work of devastating power and complexity" (Adam Mansbach, The Bosto......more

‘Every hundred feet the world changes.’ ‘Only poetry isn’t shit,’ Roberto Bolaño writes in his mammoth fragmentary novel, 2666. The self-mythologizing author figured himself a poet first and foremost, claiming the impetus for his many novel’s prolifically written in the final decade of his life was t......more

the english version comes out in november. no spoilers. just here to make three points: 1) the blood and guts 2) the disaster 3) the women 1) y’know that bookbuzz when you’re walking around the world and it’s all colored with the life of the book you’re reading? 894 pages of bolano’s epic and i feel li......more

Un roman extraordinar (unul dintre primele cinci din secolul XXI), despre care am scris de multe ori pe blog și despre care am vorbit prietenilor și studenților mei cu entuziasm. Înainte de a se interna pentru ultima oară în spital - în preajma morții, deci -, prozatorul i-a înmînat Carolinei Lopez......more