could you suggest novels like this one? this is definitely a 10/10.

>>9923233
Other novels by Bolameme (aka mariachi pynchon) and the fags he namedrops all the time

>>9923233
I don't think I've found anything yet that wasn't dated that compared to this novel. It's one of my favourites too anon. Most novels I think that compare usually only bring with them a few elements that Bolano includes amongst others.

Cesar Aira's The Musical Brain.

>>9923423
Have you read Rayuela

>>9923233
Need a list as well. Normally I like to hop between authors rather than bog down on one, but I read 2666 and had to move onto The Savage Detectives immediately.

>>9923426
>Rayuela
No, but I'm bumping it up my list.

>>9923250
I feel like I ought to give Pynchon a try again. Maybe his new books will suck me into his bigguns.

>>9923233
Rachel Kushner' The Flame Thrower and something by Zambra, another Chileno which supposedly feels like Bolaño. He influenced a lot of their contemporary writers.

>>9923233
>>9923423
Why did you enjoy this book? For me it was a nightmare.

>>9923233
>tfw ywn have that edition

>>9925326
That cover is fucking incredible.

I'm about halfway through the book. It's comfy. But I feel so disconnected from the main characters. Maybe because it's almost an epistolary novel. Idk. Gonna keep going.

>>9925326
>>9925433
What's so special about it?

>>9924527
It balances experiments with form with story telling, style with substance, builds characters sincerely and yet allows them to disappear, as though no one character is special, yet everyone should be given our concern. I can't remember the book so well now, but the impression it left me with has shaped what I look for in current literary novels now.

>>9925433
I have the red one, but the original white one was top patrish
Anagrama did something right for once
The alfaguara one is fucking garbage

>>9925460
hmpf, I'll give a try to 2666.

>>9925440
>>9924527
Yeah I avoided buying that cover because it looks bland and reminds of cheap bootleg prints. The painting is great but I hate the cream color of Anagrama.

Is it worth reading the English translation? I mean I know a good bit of Spanish, I'm half Puerto Rican but can't speak fluently. Reading the original would is possible but would be an effort.

>>9923233
Where can I get this cover in a print?

>>9927826
Nowhere. Get the red one while still exists