2666 bolano5/21/2023 While they are unsuccessful, they learn that his real name is Hans Reiter. After learning that Archimboldi has recently been sighted in Mexico, three literary critics, Jean-Claude Pelletier, Manuel Espinoza, and Liz Norton, travel to Santa Teresa (a fictional counterpart to real-life Ciudad Juárez) in pursuit of his trail. He is introduced in the first part of the novel, "The Part About the Critics", as a mysterious and elusive figure: while he is highly regarded as a novelist, nothing is known about his biography, appearance, or true identity. Īrchimboldi is the pen name of German author Hans Reiter (born in 1920 and still alive in 2001, a ' great attractor' (one among many) the dense plotting of 2666 is drawn toward. Benno von Archimboldi is a fictional character in the novel 2666 (2004) by Roberto Bolaño.
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