"... more than once he gave serious thought to deserting, living like a tramp in Normandy, finding a cave, feeding himself on the charitable offerings of peasants or small thefts that no one would report. I would learn to see in the dark, he thought. In time my clothes would fall to rags and finally I would live naked. I would never return to Germany. One day I would drown, radiant with joy."     - Roberto Bolaño, 2666 commissioned by the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble instrumentation: violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano duration: 16' date: 2008-9 score sample