Julio Cortazar
Hopscotch and Blow-Up
- ISBN 13:
- 9781841593647
- author:
- Julio Cortazar
- format:
- HardBack
- publisher:
- Everyman
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2014
- Pages:
- 888
- Dimensions:
- 4.5 x 13.2 x 21.2 cm
- Genre:
- Fiction, Contemporary Fiction,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Julio Cortázar's innovative "counter-novel" Hopscotch is a unique reading experience, comprising 155 short chapters that can be read in any order. This collection follows the life of an Argentinean writer living in Paris with his lover and a circle of bohemian friends.
The book also includes some of Cortázar's most famous short stories, which explore themes of the supernatural and the unknown. These tales feature invisible beasts stalking children in their homes and a man who discovers he is the intended victim of a murderer.
Throughout his work, Cortázar challenges traditional notions of narrative and reality, creating an astonishing new view of the world. This edition brings together some of Cortázar's most iconic fiction, offering readers a glimpse into the mind of one of the 20th century's most innovative authors.
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