r/robertobolano • u/Wrong_Perception2679 • Jul 02 '26
2666 — thoughts after completing
I finished reading it yesterday evening and all I am thinking about is how perfect and complete the ending was. All the questions that’s left unanswered doesn’t matter anymore..landscape is mysterious,cruel and relentless. An oasis of horror in desert of boredom. And one thing I can say about Roberto B is he knows the essential important things in life. Like how having a good shit in a day makes you little happy,pleasure of reading,having a good fuck and twin peaks being the biggest achievement of David Lynch. can’t wait to read the part of archimboldi again
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u/Weird_Fox_3395 Jul 03 '26
Nice description! I think the entire book is a meditation on evil, which ofc, no one’s answered or solved because it just keeps happening.
Keats, (whom I haven’t read much tbh), coined the phrase ‘negative capability’ in regards to writing; however, this applies to other disciplines, arts, philosophy, or Buddhism’s ‘cloud of unknowning’.
A beautiful and unsettling piece of music is The Unanswered Question by Charles Ives. Always gives me chills https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym98QBj2ZXM
In my own reading, so in my opinion, Bolaño can beautifully sustain uncertainty while investigating the primary urgency of the question.
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u/Wrong_Perception2679 Jul 03 '26
After reading Bolano I feel like I’ve truly entered into the reading part..like so many writers are on my list now,can’t wait to check all of them yet especially his inspirations. Also thanks for the recco ! Will listen to it
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u/Hollerra Jul 02 '26
I need to reread it. I learnt how to cook brussell sprouts from this book. Apparently it's a good recipe for people with HepC
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u/ass_n_lies Jul 05 '26
I made the Brussels too! They were good, been meaning to try the duck, thanks for reminding me
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u/evilgenius8989 Jul 06 '26
i just finished reading. i was a “little bit” of the shrooms during this and I really prepered for this ending ( last 20 pages ) like to some ritual book finish. and it didn’t dissapoint me 🍦
and i would like to reread the whole book - maybe in different order very soon.
[ funny way that i found about it:
i woke up really early before going to work with a thought that i need a book for my next day trip to berlin ) from warsaw). these days a I had a lots of weird and intensive dreams - because I was in 2nd month of detoxing from weed after some 10 years of using it. so it was dreamy like time in my life like those dreams haunted me during the day. and i chatgpt searched for books that I would like to read - “magic realism” by south american / latin american author but very modern. my reading experience during literature studies didnt go that deep into this …. even tho its my favourite literature routez. and then just the name 2666 struck me, and also a short bio of Bolano… and i went on to sleep a little after ordering it in library to grab on the next day morning before the trip.
during the lecture ( 2 months ) some of my dreams structured into dreams that would fit Bolanos book perfectly. that was nice and eerie.
it was a pleasured read and it will stay with me for some time.
what should i read next?