The Winners

When a group of Argentinians win a mysterious lottery, their prize - a luxury cruise - seems too good to question. But as the voyage unfolds, strange and unsettling events begin to mount. The passengers find themselves trapped aboard a ship run by a silent, secretive crew, and the true nature of their journey grows ever more uncertain. Funny, frightening, and richly lyrical, The Winners is a philosophical thriller of tangled fates and wayward love - an incisive meditation on power, exile, and the myth of the New World.

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
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 14.08.2025
• EAN: 9781529956771
• ISBN: 978-1-5299-5677-1
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 197 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Main work before 1945; FICTION / Literary, Argentina, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), FICTION / Magical Realism, FICTION / Sea Stories, Fiction in translation, Magical Realism, c 1950 to c 1959, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Latin-American Spanish, FICTION / World Literature / Argentina, Classic fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Journeys and voyages, Metaphysical / philosophical fiction