More from 2666 Author?

Remember my rants earlier this year about Robert Bolaño's 2666, National Book Critics Circle winner for fiction? If not, see the posts listed below:

Mini-Review
Notes while reading the book
How I got into this

"What now, Georganna?" I hear someone sigh. I'm growing skeptical, but I've seen reports of "newly discovered" Bolaño manuscripts: an older novel, short stories(?), even a sixth section for 2666, a five-part novel already 895 pp. long and directed by the dying author to be published individually.

Follow this: quirky foreign author dies. His quirky last work, legacy to his family, comes out, wins a prestigious American award. Voilà! New works come to light. Sure. Oh, and the estate changed literary agents before this.

See NYT archives page for older information. For recent developments, see The Guardian and The Skinny. On the bright side, translations of more Bolaño works can only stir up interest in producing English versions of other literature. We all win!

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