Rayuela (Edicion conmemorativa 50 aniversario) / Hopscotch (Spanish Edition)

La edicion conmemorativa del 50 aniversario de Rayuela incluye la historia de la creacion de la novela contada a traves de las cartas de Julio Cortazar <>, <>, <>, <>, <>, <>, <>, <>, <>… Con estas y otras expresiones se aludio a Rayuela, la novela que Julio Cortazar comenzo a sonar en 1958, se publico en 1963 y a partir de entonces cambio la historia de la literatura y agito la vida de miles de jovenes en todo el mundo. Plena de ambicion literaria y vital, renovadora de las herramientas narrativas, destructora de lo establecido y buscadora de la raiz de la poesia, durante todas estas decadas Rayuela siguio siendo leida con curiosidad, asombro, interes o devocion. La critica ha dicho… <> Mario Vargas Llosa <>.-Carlos Fuentes <>.-Octavio Paz <>.-Roberto Bolano <>.-Julio Ortega <>.-Gabriel Garcia Marquez ENGLISH DESCRIPTION “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 Cortazar 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. Even 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 Cortazar himself tells the story of the book.