Julio Cortázar (Critical Survey of Long Fiction)
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Early in his career, Julio Cortázar published two volumes of poetry—Presencia (1938; presence), under the pseudonym Julio Denís, and Los reyes (1949; the kings), using his own name—both still generally unnoticed by the critics. His short fiction, however, is considered among the best in Hispanic literature. His best-known short story is perhaps “Las babas del diablo” (the devil’s slobbers), the basis of the internationally acclaimed film Blow-Up (1966), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. Cortázar’s collection of short...
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