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• 2666 by Roberto Bolano

  “Do you believe in love?” asked Reiter. “Frankly, no,” said the girl. “What about honesty?” asked Reiter. “Ugh, that’s worse than love,” said the girl. “Do you believe in sunsets,” asked Reiter, “starry nights, bright mornings?” “No, no, no,” said th ... (read full critics)

  mostlyfiction published on Mon, 31 Jan 2011

• 2666, by Roberto Bolano

  Home Contact us Posts Comments What’s in a name? While a rose by any other name may well smell as sweet, the title of a book is most frequently inextricably linked to the nature and quality of the story contained within. Not necessary so with 2666. A ... (read full critics)

  bookgeeks published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010

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  The book contains contemporary life as if mixed up in cauldron, faces and events are mixed in short paragraphs that push the boundaries between poetry and prose. A story tied up together by a thin web of recurrent motives, death and homicides, writers and literature experts, as well as psychiatric ... (continue)

  The book contains contemporary life as if mixed up in cauldron, faces and events are mixed in short paragraphs that push the boundaries between poetry and prose. A story tied up together by a thin web of recurrent motives, death and homicides, writers and literature experts, as well as psychiatric hospitals and madness, love and abandonment. The world as seen by an imaginary poet as a collection of memories from the year 2666.

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  Daniele Faieta said on May 6, 2010 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

• I finished reading Part 1 of 2666 and found it a very engrossing beginning to an epic tale. Highly recommended based on this portion of the work.

  This part follows several professors in search of an enigmatic author whom they believe resides in Mexico.

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  Jubei said on Feb 15, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  National Reading 2666 Month

  From the New Yorker magazine website:

  http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/national-re…

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  artie said on Jan 26, 2009 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Hardcover 912 Pages
• Edition: First Edition
• ISBN-10: 0374100144
• ISBN-13: 9780374100148
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Pub date: Nov 11, 2008
• Also available as: Paperback and Others
• In other languages: other languages Livres Français, Libros en Español, Livros em Português, Libri Italiani, Nederlandse Boeken, Svenska böcker

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