2666: A Novel Roberto Bolano
Publisher: Picador

2666 by Roberto Bolaño For an 800-page, translated novel in five sections, 2666 is an unbelievable pleasure to read. 2666, a novel by Chilean writer, Roberto Bolano, was published posthumously in 2004. He completed its first draft shortly before his death in 2004. It wasn't as if I had been dying to read it. By Roberto Bolaño (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) $30. A few weeks ago I said that I was considering doing the group read of Robert Bolano's novel 2666. Santa Teresa, in the state of Sonora, on the Mexican-U.S. The first thing I'll say is it took me a very long time to get through this book. 898 pages, Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2666 by Roberto Bolaño (2004) (translated from the spanish by Natasha Wimmer, 2008). The reason I bought 2666 wasn't because I knew I was getting stomach flu, but because of my occasional worry that I'm too old to experience a new novel as a masterpiece. Chilean author Roberto Bolano posthumously won the National Book Critics Circle award Thursday night for the English translation of his 912-page novel 2666. Roberto Bolaño's final novel 2666, released posthumously, is a sprawling literary tome.