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Papeles inesperados/ Unexpected Writings (Spanish Edition)
by Julio Cortazar
Binding: Paperback, 472 pages
Publisher: Alfaguara
Weight: 1.23 pound
Dimension: H: 1.26 x L: 9.37 x W: 5.98 inches
ISBN 10: 6071102081
ISBN 13: 9786071102089
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Book Description:
Published on the 25th anniversary of the author s death, this work is an extensive assortment of writings and unedited texts written throughout Cortazar s life. Grouped in three sections following a rough internal chronology: poems, prose and self-interviews, the writings include unknown short stories and different versions of published ones, unedited stories of Cronopios and famas, episodes on Lucas, a torn chapter from A Manual for Manuel, speeches, prologues, critiques, journalistic texts, poems, portraits of personalities, and chronicles of trips. The texts in prose, which constitute the majority of the volume, have been further grouped by similarity: short narratives, essays mainly of political and ideological content, commentary on other artist s productions, and undeniably masterful yet completely unclassifiable pages. Edited by a wise and loving hand, this book gives rise to an extraordinary reunion with Julio Cortazar in all his multiple facets the formal writer in the making of 1938, the brilliant short-story teller, playful and committed, the sharp music and art critic, the journalist, the poet.

Description in Spanish: 'Esta obra, que se publica a los veinticinco anos de la muerte de su autor, es una extensa miscelanea de textos ineditos y dispersos escritos a lo largo de toda la vida de Cortazar. Estos han sido agrupados en tres bloques que siguen una cronologia interna aproximada: poemas, prosas y autoentrevistas. Los textos en prosa, que constituyen la mayoria, aparecen reagrupados por afinidades: esta la narrativa breve; los textos de circunstancia, generalmente de contenido politico e ideologico; los que comentan la obra de otros artistas; paginas inclasificables de innegable atractivo. Tenemos aqui cuentos completamente desconocidos, versiones diferentes de cuentos publicados, historias ineditas de cronopios y de famas, episodios de Lucas, un capitulo desgajado del Libro de Manuel, discursos, prologos, criticas, textos periodisticos, poemas, estampas de personalidades y cronicas de viaje. Amorosa y sabiamente editado, este libro permite un reencuentro extraordinario con Julio Cortazar, en todas sus multiples facetas. El Cortazar formal y en ciernes de 1938, el cuentista genial, el ludico, el comprometido, el sagaz critico de musica y artes plasticas, el cronista, el poeta. Papeles inesperados, cuya publicacion es un verdadero acontecimiento literario, es para los innumerables lectores de Cortazar, para los estudiosos de su obra, para los periodistas culturales, para todos aquellos interesados en la figura de un hombre y un escritor que cambio para siempre la literatura en lengua espanola.


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