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🦋 I guess I will miss this one

So everyone is very excited about Bolaño's 2666, which will be available in English translation soon. I wish I could be! I just found out about this author's existence pretty recently, from Orbis Quintus IIRC; and I have had too much else on my reading plate to think about getting acquainted with him. Looks like I am going to miss out on a pretty major literary event; but I sort of don't want my first acquaintance with Bolaño to be this book. I reckon sometime down the road a little, I will start reading his short stories and work my way up to 2666 -- the cutting edge continues to elude me.

MetaFilter offers up some resources for readers interested in getting acquainted with Bolaño. (via Conversational Reading.)

posted evening of Saturday, August 30th, 2008
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Reading Bolaño can be a challenging experience. I've read Los Detectives Salvajes, his other long novel, and it was hard for me to finish it. Of course, it's quite a challenge and it's great to find a writer with his very own style, but this time it almost made me quit.

And let me tell you, the fact that Bolaño and I are both chileans didn't help at all!

Anyway, good luck!

posted evening of August 31st, 2008 by Jorge López

Thanks! -- Have you read his short stories? Whenever I find out about a novelist who is also well-known for writing short stories, it makes me think great, I can find out about him without getting involved in a long, potentially confusing read...

posted morning of September first, 2008 by Jeremy

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