A Manual for Manuel

In 1970s Paris, a group of revolutionaries plot the daring kidnapping of a powerful Latin American official. But among them is Andres, a man adrift in a world of high-stakes politics. As Andres spirals into a crisis of identity, Cortazar intersects the group''s story with real-life documents, newspaper clippings, and personal reflections to construct a compelling mosaic that explores the complexities of revolution, commitment, and the human spirit.

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: 9781529956795
• ISBN: 978-1-5299-5679-5
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 198 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Main work before 1945; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Political, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Fiction in translation, Narrative theme: Politics, Latin-American Spanish, FICTION / World Literature / Argentina, Classic fiction: general and literary