Comments on: 2666 by Roberto Bolaño http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/2666-by-roberto-bolano/ Reflections of a working writer and reader Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:37:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: jan http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/2666-by-roberto-bolano/comment-page-1/#comment-111715 jan Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:21:29 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=3446#comment-111715 just started reading this, i like a challenge and i thought this might prove to be one, so far, so gripping! have yet to discover what 2666 means, will it be "giving the plot away" if i find out now rather than later? i must know!!! just started reading this, i like a challenge and i thought this might prove to be one, so far, so gripping!
have yet to discover what 2666 means, will it be “giving the plot away” if i find out now rather than later? i must know!!!

]]> By: Donigan Merritt http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/2666-by-roberto-bolano/comment-page-1/#comment-111588 Donigan Merritt Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:46:41 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=3446#comment-111588 Hello John. I took 2666 on a holiday to Rome and Sicily, supposing it would be good to have one big book I wouldn't be likely to finish over 15 days. I have just returned home and began "The part about Fate" on the return flight. So far I am overwhelmed by the story-telling and literary gymnastics Bolano is (was) capable of. It is a brilliant piece of writing. Sometimes I have the feeling that Bolano is capable of and doing what giants like Mann and Musil did in their time, kind of the bohemian, hep version, able to get away with more, both in style and content, than was possible (or even imagined) in the 19th and early 20th centuries. He stands on their shoulders and reaches higher than in their dreams. <strong>jb says</strong>: Hi Don, so glad you're enjoying it. It is, as you rightly say, overwhelming, but at the same time totally absorbing and never less than a page-turner. I won't say more, as you still have the best parts of the book to discover. Hello John. I took 2666 on a holiday to Rome and Sicily, supposing it would be good to have one big book I wouldn’t be likely to finish over 15 days. I have just returned home and began “The part about Fate” on the return flight. So far I am overwhelmed by the story-telling and literary gymnastics Bolano is (was) capable of. It is a brilliant piece of writing. Sometimes I have the feeling that Bolano is capable of and doing what giants like Mann and Musil did in their time, kind of the bohemian, hep version, able to get away with more, both in style and content, than was possible (or even imagined) in the 19th and early 20th centuries. He stands on their shoulders and reaches higher than in their dreams.

jb says: Hi Don, so glad you’re enjoying it. It is, as you rightly say, overwhelming, but at the same time totally absorbing and never less than a page-turner. I won’t say more, as you still have the best parts of the book to discover.

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