2666

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2666 is a posthumously published, sprawling experimental novel by Chilean author Roberto Bolaño that interweaves multiple narratives to explore violence, art, and evil in the late 20th century.

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instanceOf novel
posthumous work
author Roberto Bolaño
authorDiedBeforePublication true
awarded National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
awardYear 2008
centralTheme art
disappearance
evil
femicide
literary criticism
obsession
the Holocaust
linked to: Holocaust

violence
war
countryOfOrigin Chile
criticalReception widely acclaimed
EnglishTranslator Natasha Wimmer
firstPublicationYear 2004
genre experimental fiction
literary fiction
novel
postmodern literature
hasPart The Part About Amalfitano
The Part About Archimboldi
The Part About Fate
The Part About the Crimes
The Part About the Critics
hasTranslation English
influencedBy European modernism
Latin American literature
literaryMovement postmodernism
narrativeForm multi-part novel
notableCharacter Amalfitano
Benno von Archimboldi
Espinoza
Norton
Oscar Fate
Pelletier
notableFor depiction of serial murders of women in northern Mexico
interweaving multiple narratives
numberOfParts 5
originalLanguage Spanish
placeOfFirstPublication Spain
publicationStatus posthumously published
publisherOfFirstEdition Anagrama
relatedWork The Savage Detectives
setting Europe
Mexico
Santa Teresa
United States

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