Pagine1914–1984 · Brussels, Belgium (Argentine) · also known as Cortazar
Julio Cortázar, an Argentine born in Brussels who lived most of his adult life in Paris, wrote playful, unsettling stories in which the strange slips into everyday life — “House Taken Over,” “Axolotl,” and “Blow-Up,” filmed by Antonioni. His novel Hopscotch (1963) can be read straight through or by jumping between chapters in a different order, and became a landmark of the Latin American Boom.
Begin with Blow-Up and Other Stories.
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz · Machado de Assis · Rubén Darío · Horacio Quiroga · Gabriela Mistral · Jorge Luis Borges · Pablo Neruda · Juan Rulfo · Gabriel García Márquez · Mario Vargas Llosa · Isabel Allende
Julio Cortázar, an Argentine born in Brussels who lived most of his adult life in Paris, wrote playful, unsettling stories in which the strange slips into everyday life — “House Taken Over,” “Axolotl,” and “Blow-Up,” filmed by Antonioni. His novel Hopscotch (1963) can be read straight through or by jumping between chapters in a different order, and became a landmark of the Latin American Boom.
Hopscotch is usually considered Julio Cortázar’s best-known work, followed by Blow-Up and Other Stories.
Most readers start with Blow-Up and Other Stories.
Both refer to the same writer.
Julio Cortázar’s books are still under copyright, so they are not free to download, but many can be borrowed free from your public library or Open Library — we link to them below.