
'Blow-Up and Other Stories' by Julio Cortazar is a collection of short stories that masterfully blend the fantastic with the mundane, often leaving readers with a sense of unease or disturbing dreams. From the opening tale of 'Axolotl' to the grisly fate of characters in stories like 'The Night Face Up' and 'The Bestiary', Cortazar takes readers on a journey across invisible lines between incompatible states, exploring themes of identity, perception, and reality. The writing style of Cortazar is described as unique, with sentences that are intimate, slightly illogical, and filled with lovely imagery, creating a chthonic slow turning over and over that lingers in the reader's mind.
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Content warnings may include themes of social anxiety, existential dread, family dysfunction, and instances of violence.
Has Romance?
There are elements of romance, but they are often subtle and intertwined with existential themes.
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A young girl spends her summer vacation in a country house where a tiger roams . . . A man reading a mystery finds out too late that he is the murderer's intended victim . . .
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About the Author:
Julio Cortázar, born Julio Florencio Cortázar was an Argentine-French novelist, short story writer, essayist, and translator. Known as one of the founders of the Latin American Boom, Cortázar influenced an entire generation of Spanish-speaking readers and writers in America and Europe.
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