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I remember reading that. At the time my absolute favorite novel. Its beautiful. He's a great great writer. The short stories. "A Certain Lucas"; "Around the day
by mbubb 11y ago
I remember reading that. At the time my absolute favorite novel. Its beautiful. He's a great great writer. The short stories. "A Certain Lucas"; "Around the day in 80 worlds" but nothing quite like Hopscotch.
Jumping to film - I always thought that a lecture/ essay on
Blowup
Blowout
and ) a bit of a stretch) The Conversation
all descended from Cortazar's short story would make a great study.
- sogen 11y agoyeah, Cortazar stuff is great, wow, another Lucas fan!
- JadeNB 11y agoI dunno—I was introduced to the short stories first, and none of the novels compare for me (not even Hopscotch, much as I enjoy it). Cronopios and Famas, We Love Glenda So Much, House Taken Over—he has hilarious, chilling, and beautiful short stories.