The Winners (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Julio Cortazar
- First Published: 1960
- Type of Plot: Satire
- Time of Work: The 1950’s
- Setting: Buenos Aires and a cruise ship along the coast of Argentina
- Principal Characters: Gabriel Medrano, Carlos López, Persio, Felipe Trejo, Paula Lavalle, Raúl Costa
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire
- Subjects: 1950’s, Revolutions, Ships, Argentina or Argentineans, Conformity, Totalitarianism, Lotteries
- Locales: Oceans, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Novel
The novel is divided into four chapters, entitled “Prologue,” “Day One,” “Day Two,” and “Epilogue.” In the opening section, eighteen people, representing a broad spectrum of Buenos Aires society, are gathered in the Café London. They are the winners, with their invited guests, of a mysterious lottery whose prize is an ocean cruise with a secret itinerary. They are greeted courteously but evasively by an inspector from the “Ministry of Cultural Affairs” who tells them about certain “technical problems” that have complicated the arrangements....
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