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Bestiary

The Selected Stories of Julio Cortázar
By Julio Cortázar and Julio Cortazar
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Bestiary is a masterful collection of thirty-five short stories by Julio Cortázar, blending dreamlike reality with unsettling nightmare. From a grieving family's home invaded by terror to a love triangle catalysed by an Aztec idol, and even a surreal tale of a lodger vomiting rabbits, each story showcases Cortázar's singular imagination and his ability to merge the fantastical with the everyday.
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Ideal for readers who appreciate sophisticated literary fiction, surreal and metaphysical stories, and fans of Latin American literature. Those drawn to imaginative, unsettling short stories with philosophical undertones will find this collection compelling.

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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 Barry

A grieving family home becomes the site of a terrifying invasion.

A collection of masterful short stories in Julio Cortazar's sophistocated, powerful and gripping style.

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A collection of masterful short stories in Julio Cortázar's sophisticated, 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 Barry

A grieving family home becomes the site of a terrifying invasion. A frustrated love triangle, brought together by a plundered Aztec idol, spills over into brutality. A lodger's inability to stop vomiting bunny rabbits inspires a personal confession.

As dream melds into reality, and reality melts into nightmare, one constant remains throughout these thirty-five stories: the singular brilliance of Julio Cortázar's imagination.

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY KEVIN BARRY

Anyone who doesn't read Cortázar is doomed Pablo Neruda

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The collection has been praised for its surrealism, symbolism, and philosophical depth, with critics highlighting Cortázar's unique voice and literary imagination. The Guardian notes his refined take on the uncanny, while the Financial Times commends the powerful, circuitous storytelling. The New York Times Book Review recognises a first-class literary imagination at work.

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ISBN: 9781784875855

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 February 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage Classics

Contributors:

  • Introduction by Kevin Barry

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 258g

Pages: 368

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About the Author

Julio Cortazar (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.

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