Bestiary - The Selected Stories of Julio Cortazar

Informationen zum Autor Julio Cortazar lived in Buenos Aires for the first thirty years of his life, and after that in Paris. His stories, written under the dual influence of the English masters of the uncanny and of French surrealism, are extraordinary inventions, just this side of nightmare. In later life Cortazar became a passionate advocate for human rights and a persistent critic of the military dictatorships in Latin America. He died in 1984. Klappentext Julio Cortazar lived in Buenos Aires for the first thirty years of his life, and after that in Paris. His stories, written under the dual influence of the English masters of the uncanny and of French surrealism, are extraordinary inventions, just this side of nightmare. In later life Cortazar became a passionate advocate for human rights and a persistent critic of the military dictatorships in Latin America. He died in 1984. Zusammenfassung A collection of masterful short stories in Julio Cortazar's sophistocated, powerful and gripping style. 'Julio Cortázar is truly a sorcerer and the best of him is here, in these hilariously fraught and almost eerily affecting stories' Kevin BarryA grieving family home becomes the site of a terrifying invasion.

About the author

Julio Cortazar lived in Buenos Aires for the first thirty years of his life, and after that in Paris. His stories, written under the dual influence of the English masters of the uncanny and of French surrealism, are extraordinary inventions, just this side of nightmare. In later life Cortazar became a passionate advocate for human rights and a persistent critic of the military dictatorships in Latin America. He died in 1984.

Product details

• Authors: Julio Cortazar, Julio Cortázar
• Assisted by: Kevin Barry (Introduction)
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9781784875855
• ISBN: 978-1-78487-585-5
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 197 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); Buenos Aires, FICTION / Short Stories (single author), France, Argentina, Short Stories, FICTION / Magical Realism, Fiction in translation, Narrative theme: Social issues, Speculative fiction, Magical Realism, Paris (City), Classic fiction: literary and general, Narrative theme: social issues / social problems