2666 (novel)

2666 (novel)

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author = Roberto Bolaño
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country = Spain
language = Spanish
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genre = Novel
publisher = Editorial Anagrama, Barcelona
release_date = 2004
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media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
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isbn = ISBN 9788433968678
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2666 was the final novel of the Chilean-born novelist Roberto Bolaño. Bolaño died shortly after presenting the first of the novel to his publisher.

The monumental novel was published in 2004. Over 1100 pages long, it is divided in five parts, four and a half of which were finished before Bolaño's death. Focused on the unsolved and still ongoing serial murders of Ciudad Juárez (Santa Teresa in the novel), the apocalyptic "2666" depicts the horror of the 20th century through a wide cast of characters, including the secretive, reclusive German writer Benno von Archimboldi.

In 2007 it was adapted into a stage play by Catalan director Àlex Rigola, which premiered in Blanes and was the main attraction of Barcelona's Festival Grec that year.

An English-language translation of 2666 has been scheduled for publication and release on November 18th 2008 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.


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