Roberto Bolaño

In case you missed it: 2666 is a telling tale of unresolved violence

By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer Content warning: descriptions of femicide.  Roberto Bolaño was a novelist, essayist, and poet who later proclaimed he should have been a detective instead. He was diagnosed with liver disease in 1992 and, knowing that his time was running out, began his final work. Despite his efforts, Bolaño passed away a year before the publication of this near-900-page novel, 2666.  The writing in 2666 manages to keep the gripping qualities of a detective novel, from its ambiguous narrative to a sense of increasing dread. The truth is, however, that the novel is far from a detective…

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