What is the book Rayuela about?
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What is the book Rayuela about?
Horacio Oliveira is an Argentinian writer who lives in Paris with his mistress, La Maga, surrounded by a loose-knit circle of bohemian friends who call themselves “the Club.” A child’s death and La Maga’s disappearance put an end to his life of empty pleasures and intellectual acrobatics, and prompt Oliveira to return …
How did Julio Cortazar become famous?
Besides his countless short stories, Cortázar also wrote four novels. He first received attention as a novelist at the age of 46 with Los Premios (The Winners, 1960), in which an unlikely group of lottery winners wins a cruise together bound for no one knows where.
Who is the author of Hopscotch?
Julio CortázarHopscotch / AuthorJulio Florencio Cortázar was an Argentine-French novelist, short story writer, essayist, and translator. Known as one of the founders of the Latin American Boom, Cortázar influenced an entire generation of Spanish-speaking readers and writers in America and Europe. Wikipedia
What books did Julio Cortazar write?
Hopscotch1963Casa Tomada1946La Noche Boca Arriba1956Bestiario1951Cronopios and Famas1962Final del juego1956
Julio Cortázar/Books
How many chapters are in Rayuela?
155 chapters
“Written in an episodic, snapshot manner, the novel has 155 chapters, the last 99 being designated as “expendable.” Some of these “expendable” chapters fill in gaps that occur in the main storyline, while others add information about the characters or record the aesthetic or literary speculations of a writer named …
Who is Morelli in Hopscotch?
Horacio and his friend Etienne visit an old man whom Horacio had witnessed being struck by a car on one of his solitary walks. He turns out to be Morelli, an iconoclastic writer and literary critic much beloved of the Serpent Club.
Where did Julio Cortazar go to school?
University of Buenos AiresJulio Cortázar / Education
What happens to La Maga in Hopscotch?
The group abruptly disbands when Rocamadour dies in the middle of one such gathering and La Maga, crushed by grief, disappears. Oliveira, heretofore cold and withdrawn towards his mistress, departs on a journey back to Argentina to search for her and gradually descends into madness.
Where did Julio Cortazar live?
ParisSwitzerlandBanfield
Julio Cortázar/Places lived
