62: A Model Kit (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Julio Cortazar
- First Published: 1968
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The 1950’s or the 1960’s
- Setting: Paris, London, Vienna, Arcueil, and an imaginary city
- Genres: Long fiction, Antistory
- Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, Memory, Philosophy or philosophers, France or French people, Murder or homicide, Friendship, Paris, Austria or Austrians
- Locales: Paris, France, London, England, Arcueil, France, Vienna, Austria
Characters Discussed
Juan, an Argentine interpreter who works for an international agency. He has a humorous and unprejudiced character and an almost surrealist vision of the world, which he shares with most of the characters, all of whom are among a group of friends who meet habitually in the café Cluny. Juan is interested in metaphysical matters, especially in the ways in which reality is perceived. He has much imagination and looks for secret keys or symbols to understand the universe or what happens to him. He shares the keys, the dreams, and the imaginary realms (“the...
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