Rayuela / Hopscotch. Commemorative Edition

Julio Cortazar

Rayuela / Hopscotch. Commemorative Edition
Format
Hardback
Publisher
R.A.E (Real Academia Espanola)
Country
Published
23 April 2019
Pages
700
ISBN
9788420437484

Rayuela / Hopscotch. Commemorative Edition

Julio Cortazar

Una nueva edicion conmemorativa de la RAE y la ASALE: Rayuela, una de las obras cumbre de la literatura contemporanea en espanol

Un hito insoslayable en la narrativa del siglo XX que no deja de encontrar lectores

En el contexto de la celebracion del VII Congreso Internacional de la
Lengua Espanola en la ciudad argentina de Cordoba en marzo de 2019, esta edicion rinde homenaje a uno de los autores en espanol mas importantes de todos los tiempos y a su obra mas emblematica, que conmociono el panorama cultural de su tiempo y que no deja de encontrar lectores hasta nuestros dias.

La publicacion de Rayuela en 1963 supuso una verdadera revolucion en la narrativa en lengua castellana: por primera vez, un escritor llevaba hasta las ultimas consecuencias la voluntad de transgredir el orden tradicional de una historia y el lenguaje para contarla. Rebosante de ambicion literaria y vital, renovadora de las herramientas narrativas, destructora de generos y convenciones, Rayuela es Cortazar en esencia, con toda su complejidad etica y estetica, con su imaginacion y su humor.La edicion recupera, como complemento a la novela, tres textos
magistrales de Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Adolfo Bioy Casares y Carlos
Fuentes, autores contemporaneos de Julio Cortazar, que dan cuenta de la
dimension del autor y de la recepcion que tuvo la novela en su tiempo.
Ademas, incluye trabajos de los escritores Mario Vargas Llosa y Sergio
Ramirez, y de los criticos Julio Ortega, Andres Amoros, Eduardo Romano y
Graciela Montaldo, que muestran la intemporalidad de la propuesta narrativa cortazariana.

Incluye, ademas, por primera vez desde 1983, la reproduccion facsimilar del Cuaderno de bitacora , la libreta en la que Cortazar fue anotando ideas, escenas y personajes de la novela durante el proceso de escritura. Este cuaderno permite, como un juego de los que tanto gusto Cortazar, un dialogo del autor con el lector sobre la novela que traspasa las fronteras del tiempo. De la lectura de esta novela el lector emerge tal vez con otra idea acerca del modo de leer los libros y de ver la vida. Es, sin duda, un mosaico donde toda una epoca se vio maravillosamente reflejada.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

A new commemorative edition by the Real Academia Espanola and the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language: Rayuela, a masterpiece of contemporary Spanish-language literature.

An undisputed milestone in 20th-century fiction that continues to draw in new readers.

In the context of the 7th International Congress of the Spanish Language in the Argentine city of Cordoba in March, 2019, this edition pays homage to one of the most important Spanish-language authors of all time and his most emblematic work, which shook the cultural landscape of his era and which still attracts new readers even today.

The publication of Rayuela in 1963 signified a true revolution in Spanish-language fiction: for the first time, a writer fully broke the rules about the order and language in which a story should be told. Brimming with literary and vital ambition, reforming narrative techniques, and breaking down genres and conventions, Rayuela is the essence of Cortazar, with all his ethical and aesthetic complexities, with his imagination and his humor.

As a complement to the novel, this edition contains three masterful pieces by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Adolfo Bioy Casares, and Carlos Fuentes, contemporaries of Julio Cortazar, that shed light on the author’s dimension and the reception the novel had in its time. It also includes works by writers Mario Vargas Llosa and Sergio Ramirez, and by critics Julio Ortega, Andres Amoros, Eduardo Romano, and Graciela Montaldo, showing the timelessness of Cortazar’s narrative approach.

In addition, for the first time since 1983, it includes a reproduction of the Log book, the notebook in which Cortazar noted ideas, scenes, and characters for the novel during the writing process. Like one of those games that Cortazar liked so much, this notebook allows a dialogue between the author and the reader that breaks the barriers of time. Readers might emerge from this book with a different idea about how to read books and how to view life. It is, without a doubt, a mosaic in which an entire era is marvelously reflected.

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