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Hopscotch, Blow-Up, We Love Glenda So Much

Hopscotch, Blow-Up, We Love Glenda So Much

ClassicsLiterary Fiction
Pages
952
Published
2014
Language
English

Synopsis

This collection brings together some of Julio Cortázar's most influential works, including the groundbreaking novel 'Hopscotch' and the acclaimed short stories 'Blow-Up' and 'We Love Glenda So Much'. Readers will find themselves immersed in narratives that challenge conventional storytelling, exploring themes of identity, reality, and the nature of existence. Cortázar's distinctive style invites a deep and active engagement with his characters and their often surreal experiences.

Prose complexity
10/10

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ComplexPhilosophicalReflectiveIntellectual

Genres

Classics Literary Fiction Short Stories

Authors

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Gregory Rabassa

Gregory Rabassa was a translator who brought the major works of the Latin American Boom to English readers. He is best known for translating Gabriel García Márquez’s The Autumn of the Patriarch and One Hundred Years of Solitude. His work helped define how a generation of readers experienced magical realism.

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Julio Cortázar

Julio Florencio Cortázar (Ixelles, 26 de agosto de 1914-París, 12 de febrero de 1984) fue un escritor, poeta y profesor argentino. También trabajó como traductor, oficio que desempeñó para la Unesco y varias editoriales. En 1981, sin renunciar a su nacionalidad argentina, optó por la francesa en protesta contra la dictadura militar en su país, que prohibió sus libros y que él denunció a la prensa internacional desde su residencia en París. Se lo considera uno de los autores más innovadores y ori...

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Paul Blackburn

Paul Blackburn is the author of the science fiction novel Jargon 31. He writes stories that explore the edges of technology and human connection.