Hopscotch (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Julio Cortázar
- First Published: 1963
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Parable
- Time of Work: 1950’s
- 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
Places Discussed
*Paris. France’s capital city is Oliveira’s residence during the 1950’s. Julio Cortázar’s depiction of Paris focuses on the indolent, mostly nocturnal lives of a group of expatriate intellectuals and artists who call themselves the Serpent Club. They meet at the apartment of La Maga, Horacio’s lover, to drink, listen to jazz, and discuss philosophy and the arts. Within this cramped set of rooms, Horacio confronts the incongruity between his friends’ esoteric musings and harsh physical reality in the sudden death of Rocamodour, La Maga’s neglected...
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Julio Cortázar (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Julio Cortázar (Short Fiction)Julio Cortázar (Long Fiction)
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