2666

On that scale? The only thing that feels similar tonally (that is, with a coexisting fascination with art, violence, history, and posterity) is Underworld by DD.

>>8783430
Some of W.G. Sebald with the drifting stories and what not.

However, there is seldom few that come close to matching the perfection of 2666. I know because I've been searching for years since I finished it.

>>8783448
damn, true. I've been sort of avoiding Underworld because I just read Libra by DD, and I don't know I kind of want a change of pace, but it seems like I'm going to have to go in that direction.
>>8783509
What novel would you recommend by Sebald?

>>8783430
Los detectives salvajes senpai

>>8783509
Try other maximalist writers like McElroy and Pynchon.

>>8783430
Is this book an enjoyable read? Is it as dense and boring as IJ? Will I actually feel like I learned something when I finish it

>>8783642
yes. no. possibly.

>>8783642
I thought it was incredibly enjoyable. Very imaginative and interesting. Not as dense as IJ, just super long and at times disturbing. And you might learn a thing or two about Latin America, Mexican culture, and literature in a general. It is hard to say what I took from the book. It seemed like every page was filled with some unique observation, or insight. I'd try it out.

>>8783509
2666 is far from perfect is not even finished kys

Woes of a True Policeman is kind of a weird extension of 2666. Follows Amalfitano.

>>8785537
Bump.

>>8783430
Hi, so uh google is over there.

>>8785537
We need context. What was the line before that?

>>8785563
Or at least the context of the situation

>>8785563
No line
It's the stating of the sentence. Also, the narrator is talking to other person pointing the three books in a picture.

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>>8783642
I had no trouble getting through IJ but I couldn't stomach this. No plot, translated prose, 2deep4u """themes"""". do yourself a favour and avoid it as well as mexican """intellectuals""" in general. (balony is chilean but his ""intelectualism"" is mexican enough that there's no difference.