"The Instruction Manual," the first chapter, is an absurd assortment of tasks and items dissected in an instruction-manual format. "Unusual Occupations," the second chapter, describes the obsessions and predilections of the narrator's family, including th
Octavio Paz, asserts Eliot Weinberger in his introduction to these Selected Poems, is among the last of the modernists "who drew their own maps of the world." For Latin America's foremost living poet, his native Mexico has been the center of a global man
Postmodern American Poetry provides a deep and wide selection-411 poems by 103 poets-of the major poets and movements of the late twentieth century. Included are the leading Beat and New York School poets, the Projectivists, and "Deep Image" poets. Includ
Juegos de palabras que no son juegos, espejos que mienten y dicen la verdad al mismo tiempo, pesadillas del fascismo, personajes habitados, simetrías, simulacros dobles de amor y de muerte: todo el mundo complejo, cruel, fascinante de Cortázar, cartogra
En Octaedro lo político y lo social están contenidos dentro de los límites de un género, el cuento, que el gran escritor argentino vuelve a ensanchar aquí de manera prodigiosa. Los cuentos: Liliana llorando, Los pasos en las huellas, Manuscrito halla
Jonathan Lethem is perhaps our most active literary voice mining the genre margins of our culture. In this unique collection he creates an anthology that no one else could. He draws on the work of such unforgettables as Julio Cortazar, who presents
This huge anthology offers a kaleidoscope of brilliant writing from the Magi of the imagination. Alberto Manguel has selected 72 fantastic tales from life on the edge of the twilight zone, with stories from Marguerite Yourcenar, Herman Hesse, Italo Calvin
“En los libros de Cortázar juega el autor, juega el narrador, juegan los personajes y juega el lector, obligado a ello por las endiabladas trampas que lo acechan a la vuelta de la página menos pensada.” – MARIO VARGAS LLOSA
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 victim...In the stories collected here—including Blow-Up, on which Antonioni based his film—Julio Cor
