Hopscotch
"Horacio Oliveira is an Argentinian writer who lives in Paris with his mistress, La Maga, surrounded by a loose-knit circle of Bohemian friends who call themselves "the Club." A child's death and La Maga's disappearance put an end to his life of empty pleasures and intellectual acrobatics, and prompt Oliveira to return to Buenos Aires, where he works by turns as a salesman, a kepper of a circus cat who can truly count, and an attendant in an insane asylum." --Publishers description.
Read More ↓Title Statements
- Full title :Hopscotch / Julio Cortázar ; translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa.
Summary
"Horacio Oliveira is an Argentinian writer who lives in Paris with his mistress, La Maga, surrounded by a loose-knit circle of Bohemian friends who call themselves "the Club." A child's death and La Maga's disappearance put an end to his life of empty pleasures and intellectual acrobatics, and prompt Oliveira to return to Buenos Aires, where he works by turns as a salesman, a kepper of a circus cat who can truly count, and an attendant in an insane asylum." --Publishers description.
Read More ↓Edition Statements
- Publication Date:1966.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1966.
Notes
Translation of: Rayuela.
The Physical Object
- Description:564 pages ; : 21 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0394752848, 9780394752846
- oclc:ocn319801794
- LC Classification:PQ7797.C7145
- Dewey Decimal:863
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