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Dec 24, 2014 · Julio Cortázar, whose novel, ‘Hopscotch,’ is probably the best Latin American novel of our times, would suggest that any attempt to reduce a work so complex, profound, concrete, so ...
Julio Cortázar (August 26, 1914 – February 12, 1984) was an Argentine intellectual and author of highly experimental novels and short stories who is considered to be one of the most important authors in the history of South American magic realism.
Oct 13, 2022 · Hopscotch is not only Julio Cortázar’s most celebrated literary achievement, it stands alongside Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude as one of the most important and influential novels of the Latin American literary boom of the 1960s.
Julio Cortázar (cohr-TAH-sahr), unquestionably one of the pivotal figures in Latin American literature, is a master of the short story, and his novel Hopscotch is widely considered to be one of ...
Julio Cortázar, born Julio Florencio Cortázar Descotte, was an Argentine author of novels and short stories. He influenced an entire generation of Latin American writers from Mexico to Argentina, and most of his best-known work was written in France, where he established himself in 1951.
Some of his most famous stories include “Casa tomada” (“House Taken Over”) (1951), and “Las babas del diablo” (“Blow-Up”) (1959), which inspired the Academy Award winning film by the same name.
Apr 19, 2020 · Influenced by the European movements of nineteenth century Symbolism and twentieth century Surrealism, Julio Cortázar (26 August 1914 – 12 February 1984) combines symbols, dreams, and the fantastic with what seems to be an ordinary, realistic situation in order to expose a different kind of reality that exists in the innermost heart and mind ...
