Comments on: On The Part About Archimboldi (2666) http://thegayrecluse.com/2009/02/16/on-the-part-about-archimboldi/ The Gay Recluse: Observation, philosophy and other notes on the beauty and dissonance of life in the city Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:57:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: SonicJourneys http://thegayrecluse.com/2009/02/16/on-the-part-about-archimboldi/#comment-3320 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:45:33 +0000 http://thegayrecluse.com/?p=3185#comment-3320 I too have found the first four parts of 2066 a well-written (and well-translated) novel. Because it has been published posthumously, I am now wondering if “On The Part About Archimboldi” was just not properly finished and/or edited.

For me, Bolaño has also captured aspects of life along the borderlands of Arizona and Mexico. I wonder if the homophobia is an expression of life in parts of Latin America and is to be viewed in parallel with murders and rapes of all the women in “The Part About the Crimes.”

Finally, I was so surprised to see this at the Phoenix Public Library! Glad I found your comments on line.

]]> By: Joe G http://thegayrecluse.com/2009/02/16/on-the-part-about-archimboldi/#comment-3189 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:44:37 +0000 http://thegayrecluse.com/?p=3185#comment-3189 That’s interesting. For me, the part I liked least was the fourth (or possibly the second, which felt like a random exercise). I know the fourth part is the part that gets all the praise but I just found it a tedious exercise. The first and fifth movements were what the novel was all about for me. Perhaps I enjoy having my “need to know” fulfilled, but I thought The Part About Archimboldi was not only a wonderful novella in itself but a satisfying cap to a sprawling, ambitious novel. It was absolutely necessary.

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