Blow-up and Other Stories
 First edition | |
| Author | Julio Cortázar |
|---|---|
| Translator | Paul Blackburn |
| Cover artist | Jaime Davidovich |
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Blow-Up and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by Argentine author Julio Cortázar, selected from three of his earlier Spanish-language collections: Bestiario (1951), Final del juego (1956), and Las armas secretas (1959). The work was originally published in English translation by Paul Blackburn as End of the Game and Other Stories (1967), before being changed in a subsequent edition to its present title.[1] The story "Blow-Up" served as the inspiration for the film of the same name by Michelangelo Antonioni.[2]
Contents
[edit]- One
- "Axolotl" (first appeared in Final del juego)
- "House Taken Over"
- "The Distances"
- "The Idol of the Cyclades"
- "Letter to a Young Lady in Paris"
- "A Yellow Flower"
- Two
- "Continuity of Parks"
- "The Night Face Up"
- "Bestiary"
- "The Gates of Heaven"
- "Blow-Up"
- Three
- "End of the Game"
- "At Your Service"
- "The Pursuer"
- "Secret Weapons"
References
[edit]- ^ Cortázar, Julio (2014-08-05). Blow-Up: And Other Stories. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-8041-5324-9.
- ^ Kester, Gary (1976). ""Blow-up": Cortázar's and Antonioni's". Latin American Literary Review. 4 (9): 7–13. JSTOR 20119031.
External links
[edit]- Blow-Up and Other Stories (as End of the Game and Other Stories) on the Internet Archive.
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