Isbn: 9780374100148 - 2666 (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Composed in the last years of Roberto Bolano's life, 2666 was greeted across Europe and Latin America as his most brilliant achievement, surpassing even his previous work in its strange beauty, daring experimentation, and epic scope. The book's subject matter ranges from the heady heights of literature and love to the gritty realism of violence and death as it explores how humans make sense of senseless events. Its throng of unforgettable characters includes academics and convicts, writers and cops, pursuing their own separate yet interrelated quests for meaning: an enigmatic Prussian novelist who disappears from the public eye after the death of his lover; a group of literary critics who bond through their shared love of the novelist's works; an African American journalist sent to Mexico on a sports beat in the wake of his mother's death; and a Spanish professor and widowed father whose mind is beginning to lose its grip on reality. Their lives intersect in the urban sprawl of Santa Teresa, a fictional Juarez on the US-Mexico border, where the serial killings of hundreds of young working class women remain unsolved.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 912 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. dj. First American Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 898 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket multicolored with red lettering, protected in mylar covering, price uncut: "$30.00". Mild general shelf wear. Shelved Case 6. Translated from the original Spanish. 1418031. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.…

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. 1st Edition. FSG, New York, 2008. First edition. First printing, with full number line. A very fine (new) copy in a very fine (new) jacket. A pristine unread copy with price ($30.00) intact on front flap, opened only for translator to sign. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. SIGNED by translator Natasha Wimmer on title page (name only). Translated from the Spanish. Wimmer won the PEN Translation Prize in 2009. Signed by Author(s). …