La novela popular y "2666" (2004) de Roberto Bolaño
Journal: Anales de Literatura Hispanoamericana
Year: 2012

In these lines it is demonstrated that “De la parte de Archimboldi”, a chapter of 2666 (2004) by Roberto Bolaño (1947–2000), can be linked to a series of Spanish realistic popular novels that began in the second half of the 19th century. It is said that the postmodern novel has adopted the popular and the cultural streams although no definite examples of current novels have been studied. On discovering the popular features which distinguish 2666 (2004), we analyse the contemporary Hispano–Americ