chip_squidley (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} chip_squidley) wrote,@ 2009-09-04 22:47:00 |
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2666 and counting.
Roberto Bolaño's _2666_ is finally out in Spanish. Which is odd, since it was originally written in Spanish.
It's over 1000 pages long. Quite a commitment! Makes me think of the time when, for no good reason, I read _Atlas Shrugged_. Why did I read that thing? I finished it...so it must not have been totally awful. Never figured out what the big deal was though...why people love it or hate it so much. I got the point, but it was so heavy-handed and exaggerated. It reminded me of those Doc Savage pulps from the 30s and 40s...but those were shorter and more fun.
Of course, B is a much better and more interesting writer that Rand!
Roberto Bolaño's _2666_ is finally out in Spanish. Which is odd, since it was originally written in Spanish.
It's over 1000 pages long. Quite a commitment! Makes me think of the time when, for no good reason, I read _Atlas Shrugged_. Why did I read that thing? I finished it...so it must not have been totally awful. Never figured out what the big deal was though...why people love it or hate it so much. I got the point, but it was so heavy-handed and exaggerated. It reminded me of those Doc Savage pulps from the 30s and 40s...but those were shorter and more fun.
Of course, B is a much better and more interesting writer that Rand!
