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Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Ser.: Hopscotch, Blow-Up, We Love Glenda So Much : Introduction by Ilan Stavans by Julio. Cortázar (2014, Hardcover)

These three groundbreaking works by Julio Cort zar--a major figure of world literature and one of the founders of the Latin American Boom--are published together in one volume for the first time, in honor of the centenary of his birth. With his influential "counternovel" HOPSCOTCH and his unforgettable short stories, Cort zar earned a place among the most innovative authors of the twentieth century. HOPSCOTCH is a nonlinear novel about an Argentinean writer living in Paris; it consists of 155 short chapters that the author advises the reader to read out of order. BLOW-UP and WE LOVE GLENDA SO MUCH bring together the most famous of Cort zar's short fiction, including "Axolotl," "End of the Game," "The Night Face Up," "Continuity of Parks," "Bestiary," and "Blow-Up". These are stories in which invisible beasts stalk children in their homes, the reader of a mystery finds out that he is the murderer's intended victim, an injured motorcyclist is pursued by Aztec warriors, and a man becomes a salamander in a Parisian zoo. In Cort zar's work, laws of nature, physics, and narrative fall away, leaving us with an astonishing new view of the world.

Book Title
Hopscotch, Blow-Up, We Love Glenda So Much : Introduction by Ilan Stavans
Author
Julio. Cortázar
Original Language
Spanish
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Classics, Short Stories (Single Author), Literary
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
952 Pages

Lc Classification Number
Pq7797.C7145a2 2014
Reviews
"Formidable. . . . Probably the finest single-book option you'll ever have for the Spanish master. . . . To read it now is to be nearly dazed that someone could do what Cortázar does." -- The Boston Globe, "Formidable. . . . Probably the finest single-book option you'll ever have for the Spanish master. . . . To read it now is to be nearly dazed that someone could do what Cortázar does." -- The Boston Globe
Copyright Date
2014
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2014-017260
Dewey Decimal
863
Series
Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Ser.
Dewey Edition
19

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