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62: A Model Kit (Hardcover)

by Julio Cortazar (Author) "I'd like a bloody castle," the fat diner had said ..." (more)
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One of the great writers from Latin America, Argentine Cort zar's surrealistic novel is described as a type of guidebook for living in the "big city," which could be any city in any country in the world. The plot unfolds through the lives of a cast of unusual characters.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.


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Cortazar breaks open ready-made perceptions by submitting them to surreal perspectives. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Ably translated from Spanish for an English reading audience, Feb 15 2001
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 62 A Model Kit (Paperback)
62: A Model Kit is ably translated from Spanish for an English reading audience by Gregory Rebassa and is a novel of fantasy, comedy, cities, snatches of conversations, brief meetings, characters whose lives begin at any moment and end in intense, brilliant encounters with others on a train, poignant love making, and even restaurant dining. The construction is free and open, devoid of the usual restraints of traditional novelistic order and take the reader on a daring and exciting new approach to life itself. 62: A Model Kit written so deftly and daringly by the late Julio Cortazar (1914-1984) is enthusiastically recommended reading for anyone with an interest in pushing the literary envelope as exemplified by the format of the novel.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Gimmicky at Best!, Jan 9 2001
This review is from: 62 A Model Kit (Paperback)
This book builds to less then nothing (for nothing can sometimes actually be exciting). Cortazar is impressive, no doubt, but his stuff is at its core is just gimmicks and mindtricks. No real substance. He writes like someone merely trying to impress his peers in his creative writing class, and maybe get laid by that cute girl in the corner. To say he influenced writers like Marquez elevates him too much. Marquez likely saw what Cortazar lacked and built on it from there. Fun to read like it's fun watching a magician, but that's as far as it goes.
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