2666 [3-Volume Boxed Set]

Roberto Bolano

ISBN 10: 0374531552 / ISBN 13: 9780374531553

Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008

About this Item

First American Edition, 2008, 1st printing. Translated by Natasha Wimmer. Pristine, clean & tight paperback copies, unread in AS NEW condition, in cool cardboard slipcase. "[Bolano]'s masterwork---An often shockingly raunchy and violent tour de force (though the phrase seems hardly adequate to describe the novel's narrative velocity, polyphonic range, inventiveness, and bravery) based in part on the still unsolved murders of hundreds of women in Ciudad Juarez, in the Sonora Desert of Mexico."---Francisco Goldman. Published simultaneously with the hardcover in a limited print run. "Not just the great Spanish-language novel of this decade, but one of the cornerstones that define an entire literature."---J.A. Masoliver Rodenas. This First American Edition in a simultaneous 3 softcover volumes slipcase is in pristine condition, quite presentable & collectible. Seller Inventory # RUB554

Bibliographic Details

Title: 2666 [3-Volume Boxed Set]

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Publication Date: 2008

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: As New

Dust Jacket Condition: As New

Edition: 1st Edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

A posthumous masterwork by a prize-winning founder of the infrarealist poetry movement finds such characters as an American sportswriter, an elusive German novelist, and a teenage student interacting in an urban community on the U.S.-Mexico border where hundreds of young factory workers have disappeared. Simultaneous.

Review:

'A masterpiece, the electrifying literary event of the year. 2666: The Best Book of 2008.'