Articles tagged "2666"

Column: Deconstruction Zone

The Name of This Land is Hell: Mexico in Literature

by Rodger Jacobs

[23.Oct.09] :. When the author of a sitcom-styled novel about Mexican heritage cannot resist mentioning the modern-day carnage, then it's fair to assume that the murders have become a significant part of the national identity.

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PopMatters Best of Books 2008: Fiction

by PopMatters Staff

[5.Jan.09] :. Feeling anxious? Here are 23 masterful works of fiction from 2008 that will either underscore your anxiety or help alleviate it through escape into the past and the land of make-believe.

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2666 by Roberto Bolaño

by Ryan Michael Williams

[21.Nov.08] :. This posthumously-published masterpiece is an expansive, teeming city, chaotic and vibrant, beautiful but rough around the edges, home to both gleaming towers and squalid holes.

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Column: South Meridian

The Resilient Works of Roberto Bolaño: Raccoon-Resistant, Water Resistant, Immortal

by Marcelo Ballvé

[3.May.07] :. Roberto Bolaño's Los Detectives Salvajes, like so many good works, traverses time, language, cultures, and survives a bit battered, but little worse for the wear.

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