Hopscotch: A Novel (Pantheon Modern Writers Series)

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Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
ISBN
9780394752846
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0394752848
ISBN-13
9780394752846
eBay Product ID (ePID)
165925

Product Key Features

Book Title
Hopscotch : a Novel
Number of Pages
576 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Psychological, Hispanic & Latino, General, Literary
Publication Year
1987
Genre
Fiction
Author
Julio. Cortázar
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
16.2 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
66-010409
Reviews
"The most magnificent novel I have ever read, and one to which I shall return again and again." -C.D.B. Bryan, The New York Times Book Review "Cortazar's masterpiece . . . The first great novel of Spanish America." - The Times Literary Supplement "The most powerful encyclopedia of emotions and visions to emerge from the postwar generation of international writers." -The New Republic "A work of the most exhilarating talent and interest." -Elizabeth Hardwick, "Cortazar's masterpiece . . . the first great novel of Spanish America." - The Times Literary Supplement "The most powerful encyclopedia of emotions and visions to emerge from the postwar generation of international writers." -The New Republic "A work of the most exhilarating talent and interest." -Elizabeth Hardwick, "Cortazar's masterpiece...the first great novel of Spanish America." -- Times Literary Supplement "The most powerful encyclopedia of emotions and visions to emerge from the postwar generation of international writers." -- New Republic "A work of the most exhilarating talent and interest." -- Elizabeth Hardwick, "The most magnificent novel I have ever read, and one to which I shall return again and again." --C.D.B. Bryan, The New York Times Book Review "Cortazar's masterpiece . . . The first great novel of Spanish America." -- The Times Literary Supplement "The most powerful encyclopedia of emotions and visions to emerge from the postwar generation of international writers." --The New Republic "A work of the most exhilarating talent and interest." --Elizabeth Hardwick
Dewey Edition
19
Dewey Decimal
863
Synopsis
"Cortazar's masterpiece ... The first great novel of Spanish America" ( The Times Literary Supplement) * Winner of the National Book Award for Translation in 1967, translated by Gregory Rabassa Horacio Oliveira is an Argentinian writer who lives in Paris with his mistress, La Maga, surrounded by a loose-knit circle of bohemian friends who call themselves "the Club." A child's death and La Maga's disappearance put an end to his life of empty pleasures and intellectual acrobatics, and prompt Oliveira to return to Buenos Aires, where he works by turns as a salesman, a keeper of a circus cat which can truly count, and an attendant in an insane asylum. Hopscotch is the dazzling, freewheeling account of Oliveira's astonishing adventures., Cortazar's masterpiece ... The first great novel of Spanish America ( The Times Literary Supplement) - W inner of the National Book Award for Translation in 1967, t ranslated by Gregory Rabassa Horacio Oliveira is an Argentinian writer who lives in Paris with his mistress, La Maga, surrounded by a loose-knit circle of bohemian friends who call themselves the Club. A child's death and La Maga's disappearance put an end to his life of empty pleasures and intellectual acrobatics, and prompt Oliveira to return to Buenos Aires, where he works by turns as a salesman, a keeper of a circus cat which can truly count, and an attendant in an insane asylum. Hopscotch is the dazzling, freewheeling account of Oliveira's astonishing adventures.
LC Classification Number
PQ7797.C7145R313

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