2666
National Book Critics Circle Award (Fiction) · 2008 · Winner
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| National Book Critics Circle Award (Fiction)Fiction | 2008 | Winner |
About This Book
Bolaño's posthumous masterpiece, a vast, five-part novel centered on a fictional German author, a group of academics who pursue him, and the femicides of Ciudad Juárez. An overwhelming, encyclopedic work on evil, literature, and history. Winner of the NBCC Fiction Award.
About the Author
Roberto Bolaño (1953–2003) was a Chilean author widely regarded as one of the greatest Latin American writers of the 20th century. His posthumous novel *2666*, published in 2004, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction in 2008. Bolaño lived in exile in Spain for most of his adult life and died of liver failure in Barcelona. Read more →
