{"product_id":"rayuela-edicizen-conmemorativa-50-aniversario-hopscotch-9786071126559","title":"Rayuela (Edición Conmemorativa 50 Aniversario) \/ Rayuela","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe 50th Anniversary Commemorative Edition of \u003ci\u003eRayuela\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eincludes the story of the novel's creation as told through Julio Cortázar's letters\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Counternovel,\" \"chronicle of madness,\" \"the black hole of an enormous funnel,\" \"a fierce shake by the lapels,\" \"a cry of alert,\" \"a kind of atomic bomb,\" \"a call to necessary disorder,\" \"a gigantic joke,\" \"a babbling...\" With these and other expressions, \u003ci\u003eRayuela\u003c\/i\u003e, the novel Julio Cortázar began to dream of in 1958, was published in 1963, and since then changed the history of literature and stirred the lives of thousands of young people around the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFull of literary and vital ambition, renewing narrative tools, destroying the established and seeking the root of poetry, for all these decades \u003ci\u003eRayuela\u003c\/i\u003e continued to be read with curiosity, astonishment, interest, or devotion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCritics have said...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \"No other writer gave play the literary dignity that Cortázar did, nor made play such a ductile and profitable instrument of artistic creation and exploration. Cortázar's work opened up unprecedented doors.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMario Vargas Llosa\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"If there is no will of language in a novel in Latin America, for me that novel does not exist. I believe there is in Cortázar, who for me is almost a Bolívar of Latin American literature. He is a man who has freed us, who has told us that everything can be done.\" -\u003cb\u003eCarlos Fuentes\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Prose made of air, without weight or body but which blows with impetus and raises flocks of images and visions in our minds, a communicating vessel between the street rhythms of the city and the poet's soliloquy.\" -\u003cb\u003eOctavio Paz\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Cortázar is the best.\" -\u003cb\u003eRoberto Bolaño\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Its foundation of openness is another \u003ci\u003eRayuela\u003c\/i\u003e, a book that is the same novel, but which begins by closing this book.\" -\u003cb\u003eJulio Ortega\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Cortázar has left us a work perhaps unfinished but as beautiful and indestructible as his memory.\" -\u003cb\u003eGabriel García Márquez\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eENGLISH DESCRIPTION\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Counternovel,\" \"chronicle of madness,\" \"the black hole in an enormous funnel,\" \"a shout of alert,\" \"a type of atomic bomb,\" \"a call to necessary disorder,\" \"an immense cloud of smoke.\" These are just some of the expressions that have been used to refer to Rayuela, the novel Julio Cortázar began to dream up in 1958 and published in 1963, Rayuela's arrival had a profound impact on the cultural scene of its time, jolted readers worldwide, and triggered a true revolution in Spanish-language fiction changing the course of literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEven after five decades, it is avidly read by new and devoted fans. Brimming with literary ambition and vitality, Rayuela reformed narrative tools, destroyed established paradigms and searched for the origins of poetry. For its fiftieth anniversary, Alfaguara is publishing this limited commemorative edition that includes an appendix where Cortázar himself tells the story of the book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16593279\"\u003eJulio Cortázar\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Alfaguara\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 5.90w x 1.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9786071126559\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 607112655X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e Spanish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in Brussels in 1914, during a temporary stay of his parents in that city, \u003cb\u003eJulio Cortázar\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the most important Argentine writers of all time. He studied Literature and Education and worked as a teacher in several cities in the interior of Argentina. In 1951 he settled permanently in Paris, from where he developed a unique literary work in the Spanish language. Some of his short stories are among the most perfect of the genre. His novel \u003ci\u003eRayuela\u003c\/i\u003e shook the cultural scene of his time and marked an unavoidable milestone in contemporary narrative. Cortázar died in Paris in 1984.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alfaguara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49729409286381,"sku":"9786071126559","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_c99e27eb-2d57-47d0-9de1-50c0f00805fd.jpg?v=1774634186","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/rayuela-edicizen-conmemorativa-50-aniversario-hopscotch-9786071126559","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}