The final segment of the book, "The Part About Archimboldi", reveals that the mysterious writer Archimboldi is actually a man named Hans Reiter, born in Prussia in 1920. Originally a soldier from a small German village who served in the Second World War, he eventually became a prominent author up for the Nobel Prize. His publisher Mrs. Bubis is actually Baroness von Zumpe, a wealthy woman whose mother employed Archimboldi's mother as a cleaner. Archimboldi spend a lot of time with the Baroness's cousin, Hugo Halder, who taught him about writing craft. The two were reunited during the war in Romania, and they had an affair that started their lifelong partnership. The book ends by introducing the reader to Lotte, Archimboldi's sister, who is actually the mother of Klaus Haas, making Archimboldi the chief suspect's uncle.
Roberto Bolaño Avalos was a Chilean novelist, short story writer, poet, and essayist. Considered one of the most significant Latin American literary voices of his generation, he won the Romulo Gallegos Prize in 1999 for The Savage Detectives. In total he wrote ten novels and novellas (three published after his death), four short story collections, and two poetry collections.
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2666 by Robert bolanco
Fiksi PenggemarComposed in the last years of Roberto Bolaño's life, 2666 was greeted across Europe and Latin America as his highest achievement, surpassing even his previous work in its strangeness, beauty, and scope. Its throng of unforgettable characters include...
