Tag: readalong
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Read-a-long: Bolaño’s 2666 – Week 5
The Bolaño 2666 Read-A-Long is a twelve week read of 2666 with people who can’t face reading the tome on their own. There are about 8 of us who are reading this together. If you like to join in, get your copy of 2666 and join us any time. You can find the full reading schedule in THIS…
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Read-a-long week 4: Bolaño’s 2666
Section four – The part about Fate (week four) I’m not sure if it’s on purpose but this chapter helped me understand that it is people who are depressed or who feel hopeless that end up in Santa Teresa. The two professors who have lost the woman they love, Amalfitano who is depressed and now…
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Read-a-long week 3: Bolaño’s 2666
Section II The Part About Amalfitano (week three) 3. Pages 163-228 (65 pages) March 19th This week we have some further mention of the murder of young girls, prostitution, homosexuality and madness. There’s no mention of the abyss however or of Archimbaldi. There is a wonderful description of jet lag as the product of moving…
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Read-a-long: Bolaño’s 2666: week 2
This is week 2 of the 2666 read-a-long. See Leeswammes blog for the central discussion points for this section. Pages 80-159 (79 pages) The second part of meeting the critics seems to continue with the theme of introducing the characters and helps set the scene for whatever horrors come next. The story tells about the…
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Read-a-long: Bolaño’s 2666 – Week 1
Despite being a week behind with my reading I’m still enjoying the readalong and intend to post about the appropriate weeks even if I have to do so at delayed times. So while the others have already commented on week 2 and are now reading week 3, I’m going to start at the very beginning.…
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Read-a-long, Roberto Bolaño’s 2666
I am a bit late in posting this so please excuse the delay. The read-a-long for Bolaño’s 2666 quite hefty tome has started over on Leeswammes blog but you can still join if you fancy. This book is meant to be amazing and it both looks it and sounds it. It is also however 898…
Ephemeral digest 