Hopscotch (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Julio Cortazar
- First Published: 1963
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Parable
- Time of Work: The 1950’s
- Setting: Paris and Buenos Aires
- Genres: Long fiction, Antistory
- Subjects: 1950’s, Philosophy or philosophers, Paris, Death or dying, South America or South Americans, Clubs, social
- Locales: Paris, France, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Characters Discussed
Horacio Oliveira (oh-RAH-see- oh oh-lee-BA-rah), an Argentine bohemian living in Paris. An intellectual in his forties who distrusts rationality and the intellect, he is engaged in a never-ending search for self- authenticity, a unity in life that he calls the “kibbutz of desire.” Lacking purpose and motivation, his principal occupation is as philosopher-in-residence to the Serpent Club, a group dedicated to drinking, American jazz, and endless discussions of art and literature. Aloof and seemingly unable to give of himself, Horacio is condemned to a...
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