Rayuela

"In the midst of precarious contentment, in the midst of a false truce, I reached out and touched the ball of Paris, its infinite matter rolling in on itself, then there was no disorder, then the world was still something petrified and established, a game of elements turning on their hinges, a tangle of streets and trees and names and months." In Hopscotch (1963), Julio Cortázar managed to condense his aesthetic, literary and vital obsessions from a diverse, deep, inexhaustible mosaic that, in turn, wonderfully reflects the most essential of his time. The turbulent love of Oliveira and La Maga, the friends of the Serpent Club, the unpredictable walks through Paris -the city that promises heaven but can lead to hell-, find their counterpart in the adventure starring Oliveira, Talita and Traveler in Buenos Aires. Hopscotch is a unique book, open to multiple readings, playful, complex, full of risk and humor, of unprecedented originality and an innate talent to influence future generations. Hopscotch novel, Argentine novel, avant-garde, Latin American boom, paperback narrative

Technical details

Age Adults Date 43101 Measurements 12.5 X 19 Pages 736 Binding Hardcover

About the author

Julio Cortázar, born in Brussels in 1914, during a temporary stay of his parents in that city, is one of the most important Argentine writers of all time. He studied Literature and Teaching, and worked as a teacher in several cities in the interior of Argentina. In 1951 he settled permanently in Paris, from where he developed a unique literary work in the Spanish language. Some of his short stories are among the most perfect of the genre. Hopscotch shocked the cultural scene of its time and marked an unavoidable milestone in contemporary narrative. Cortázar died in Paris in 1984.