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Title: The Winners (New York Review of Books Classics) by Julio Cortazar, Elaine Kerrigan ISBN: 0-940322-31-5 Publisher: New York Review of Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Discreet Charm of The Lottery Winners
Comment: I read and enjoy Cortazar in the same way I enjoy Luis Bunuel films, in fact I think Bunuel could have made a wonderful film of THE WINNERS. Like Bunuel, Cortazar finds the things we accept as normal to be quite absurd but also like Bunuel he has a certain affection for those he makes fun of. All those on board the Malcolm are guilty of some sort of petty prejudice or limited world view but they all mingle and tolerate one another to a point. When things go absurdly wrong the lottery winners begin to wonder what it is they've actually won. Cortazar is an existential comic. A book which succeeds because it never forgets that despite our differences we are all bound together by our not knowing exactly what is going. With a little help from Cortazar we can see that knowing is just a pretense.
Perhaps the novel like Camus Plague is a parable with many possible levels of meaning. Not the least of which is the political level. After all Cortazar left Argentina under Peron to live and write in exile.
Rating: 4
Summary: Mindful
Comment: I enjoyed "The Winners" though at times I found it a bit "heady". Its a novel that requires you keeping track as you go along. It took me while to figure out the setting, and what was happening (which means Cortazar did his job). There's so much symbolism and historical significance in his writing. I highly recommend the short stories collection "Blow Up" if you liked "The Winners."
Rating: 5
Summary: Ducks and Eagles
Comment: Cortazar places his characters in categories I've found people all fit--one or the other--like it or not--we are each either a duck or an eagle. Ducks follow of course and eagles set new paths. Ducks may have easier less lonely lives. Unless of course they inherit wealth and power--in which case they must be very confused and inflict chaos on the less entitled. Eagles succeed in endeavors against all odds and are therefore resented by those they seek to please. None of us has an easy time co-existing with others. No one wants to admit this of course! This book encourages reflection that may have social value, but it doesn't offer much in the way of a hopeful outcome for the social redemption of mankind--at least not in this generation. Therein lies its depth. We must expect less from our companions in life. We're all horrifyingly flawed. Somehow we must find the path to honesty and forgiveness. The book--?--I couldn't put it down. Now I can't get it out of my mind. If you want to live in denial don't read it.
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Title: Blow-Up: And Other Stories by Julio Cortazar ISBN: 0394728815 Publisher: Pantheon Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1985 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: 62: A Model Kit by Julio Cortazar, Gregory Rabassa ISBN: 0811214370 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Hopscotch (Pantheon Modern Writers Series) by Julio Cortazar, Gregory Rabassa ISBN: 0394752848 Publisher: Pantheon Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1987 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Cronopios and Famas by Julio Cortazar, Paul Blackburn ISBN: 0811214028 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation Pub. Date: 01 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Burning Plain, and Other Stories (Texas Pan-American Series) by Juan Rulfo ISBN: 0292701322 Publisher: University of Texas Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1967 List Price(USD): $13.45 |
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