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Blow-Up: And Other Stories

by Julio Cortazar

ISBN13: 9780394728810
ISBN10: 0394728815
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A young girl spends her summer vacation in a country house where a tiger roams...A man reading a mystery finds out too late that he is the murderer's victim...In the stories collected here — including "Blow-Up;' on which Antonioni based his film — Julio Cortazar explores the boundary where the everyday meets the mysterious, perhaps even the terrible. This is the most brilliant and celebrated book of short stories by a master of the form.

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Praise for Blow-Up and Other Stories:

"[Cortazar] is a unique storyteller. He can induce the kind of chilling unease that strikes like a sound in the night:" — Time

"Julio Cortazar is a stunning writer. It is difficult to imagine how he could improve as a writer of short stories:" — The Christian Science Monitor

"A glittering showcase for a daring talent....Julio Cortazar is a dazzler:"

-- William Hogan, The San Francisco Chronicle

"A first-class literary imagination at work:"

-- The New York Times Book Review

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: manwith7talents, October 26, 2007 (view all comments by manwith7talents)
Many of these stories revolve around the concept of double consciousness - someone who is simultaneously someone else, either in another place and time, an alternate reality, or a dream. This bizarre, almost insane idea is also prominent in the films of David Lynch and the life of Phillip K. Dick. Cortazar explores this theme from many different angles, creating an intense feeling of dislocation in the reader. Also included is his fantastic story "The Pursuer" about the life of Charlie Parker. A terrific writer who should be better known.
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ISBN:: 9780394728810
Subtitle:: And Other Stories
Author:: Cortazar, Julio
Publisher:: Pantheon Books
Location:: New York :
Subject:: Fiction
Subject:: Social life and customs
Subject:: Short Stories (single author)
Subject:: Argentina
Subject:: Argentina Social life and customs Fiction.
Subject:: Translations into english
Subject:: Cortazar, Julio - Translations into English
Edition Description:: 1st Pantheon pbk. ed.
Series Volume:: 91
Publication Date:: February 1985
Binding:: Paperback
Language:: English
Illustrations:: Yes
Pages:: 288
Dimensions:: 7.99x5.20x.76 in. .68 lbs.

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