A collection of letters by one of the greatest writers of the last hundred years, Letters from Julio spans nearly three decades of Cort嫙ar's life. "He was, perhaps without trying, the Argentine who made the whole world love him."
-- Gabriel Garc燰 M嫫quez
Julio Cort嫙ar's extraordinary novels and short stories changed the course of 20th-century literature. In this first volume of
Letters from Julio, readers will find Cort嫙ar, candid and mischievous, describing his life, reflecting on art, and practically bouncing with questions for his interlocutors. These letters reflect a warm spirit coupled with a uniquely inventive and daring mind. They traverse Cort嫙ar's move from Argentina to Paris, his love affair and the first years of a lifelong friendship with Edith Aron (the inspiration for La Maga in
Hopscotch), his romance and marriage to Aurora Bern嫫dez, his friendships with artists from Alejandra Pizarnik to Luis Bu雝el to Mario Vargas Llosa. In letters to his translators and fellow cronopios, Cort嫙ar gives insights into the creation of his early work and describes his reactions to the poems and novels that inspired him. Passionate and tremendously generous, Cort嫙ar's high tempo prose is bound to delight readers, from the most devoted of devotees to burgeoning bibliophiles who have not yet discovered Cort嫙ar's fiction.
