2666 (Vintage Espanol) (Spanish Edition) [Paperback]

Roberto Bolano (Author)

Book Description

Series: Vintage Espanol | Publication Date: September 1, 2009

Uno de los 10 libros del año del
New York Times Book Review

Cuatro académicos tras la pista de un enigmático escritor alemán; un periodista de Nueva York en su primer trabajo en México; un filósofo viudo; un detective de policía enamorado de una esquiva mujer —estos son algunos de los personajes arrastrados hasta la ciudad fronteriza de Santa Teresa, donde en la última década han desaparecido cientos de mujeres.

Publicada póstumamente, la última novela de Roberto Bolaño no sólo es su mejor obra y una de las mejores del siglo XXI, sino uno de esos excepcionales libros que trascienden a su autor y a su época para formar parte de la literatura universal.

Editorial Reviews

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“Extraña y maravillosa, divertida hasta lo imposible, cargada de melancolía y horror”.
—Los Angeles Times

“El Gabriel García Márquez de nuestro tiempo: un hombre políticamente comprometido, formalmente osado y salvajemente imaginativo.... Bolaño se ha convertido en uno de los inmortales”.
—The Washington Post

“Una obra de un poder y complejidad devastadores, una declaración final digna de un maestro”. 
—Boston Globe

“El logro más audaz de Bolaño…. Una obra atrevida como pocas. Da al traste con la frontera entre el afán lúdico y la seriedad”. 
—Financial Times

“Una obra maestra... el acontecimiento literario más electrizante del año”.
—Time

“Una aventura épica, desquiciante y cautivadora…”
—The New York Times

About the Author

Roberto Bolaño nació en Santiago, Chile, en 1953. Pasó gran parte de su vida en México y en España, donde murió a la edad de cincuenta años. Es autor de numerosas obras de ficción, no ficción y poesía. Su libro Los detectives salvajes ganó el Premio Rómulo Gallegos de Novela y fue uno de los Mejores Libros del 2007 para The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times y The New York Times Book Review. En 2008, recibió póstumamente el Premio de Ficción del National Book Critics Circle por 2666.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 1136 pages
• Publisher: Vintage (September 1, 2009)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 0307475956
• ISBN-13: 978-0307475954
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 1.9 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #45,933 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #10 in Books > Libros en español > Misterio > Misterio
  • #30 in Books > Literature & Fiction > World Literature > Spanish

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 2666 Review, December 23, 2009

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This review is from: 2666 (Vintage Espanol) (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

When asked what this book is about, initially it is very difficult to answer. Is it about the leading characters of each section? No, this book is a masterpiece about life as a whole told through a series of anecdotes and events that to the characters in the book seem unrelated. Only the reader has the privilege of connecting the dots of every minutia in 2666. Everything Roberto Bolaño gives us is related to something else, sometimes we find out what that relation is and sometimes we don't. Therein lies the grandness of this work.
It turns into a detective story whose only case is life itself (and the murders in Santa Teresa). In spite of this I wouldn't dare say it's a detective novel, it's just a simple book about a complex subject told through nightmarish visions, childish hopes, detective like determination, critic like analysis and the awe of someone who can't believe whats happening in his life and is enjoying the ride. It's about life and how we are to small to ever understand it and how our actions affect even those who are nowhere near us. it takes you on incredible ride through history, the world and the psyche of the characters.
The literary style of the book is complex. After the first few pages you fall into the world of 2666 and understand the thoughts of the characters as they are written in a poetic free flow form of prose.
In conclusion, this is an excellent book that becomes difficult to let go of.
Read it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally!, September 24, 2009

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This review is from: 2666 (Vintage Espanol) (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

I waited a long time for the paperback edition in Spanish to appear on your site, but the book is well worth the wait. Extremely lengthy, but with considerable variety of voice and style between sections. Hard to think of another author who can create authentic, convincing characters of such different nationalities. I read it a second time almost immediately, and for me the novel's sections work better in a different order (I gather that Bolano died before putting the manuscript in final order, so I don't consider the one the editor selected to be sacred). Try it yourself -- break up the long section about the deaths of women in Juarez and read segments of it between the other sections instead of as one long entry, and see if you don't think I should have edited the book! But however you read it, don't miss Bolano's masterpiece.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Buena, pero no tanto., September 12, 2011

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This review is from: 2666 (Vintage Espanol) (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

Me leí esta novela porque estaba muy inquieto y deseoso de leer algo que hubiera escrito Bolaño debido a muchos comentarios que leí en los medios de comunicación sobre este autor y sus obras. Como leí que esta era «su mejor obra», me decidì a leerla. No está mal, pero la comparación con García Márquez le queda grande a este autor. Lamento decirlo, pero esta novela tiene mucho material que es prácticamente «relleno», lo que la hace innecesariamente larga. Más corta, le hubiera quedado mucho mejor.