so-soI'm...not entirely sure what I just read. It's a weird and philosophical sci-fi romp to be sure and I really enjoyed some of the language play and the mostly human woman and her robot companion but as for what exactly happened, well, I'm not sure i could tell you. That may be to blame on format since I listened to the audiobook, but I also suspect a certain amount of esotericness was the author's goal. Can't say it was entirely unenjoyable though.
pickBook 1: Oliveira, an Argentine intellectual, wanders Paris with his lover La Maga, about whom he and his equally insufferable intellectual friends sigh in exasperation when she has them explain their erudite references. But does she hold the key for his quest to understand the true nature of reality? If this description and the instructions pictured don't sound like a good time...trust your instincts! But I liked this cerebral hodgepodge. 👇
I've only read the first story so far, but already I can tell this is gonna be one of my favorite books I read this year.
so-soTodavía lo estoy leyendo. Son cuentos cortos que no tienen una conexión muy lógica. Debe ser por el estilo surrealista de Cortázar, pero no sé si soy muy aficionada. Las historias me dejan sin entender qué pasó y nada tiene mucho sentido.
“Thus they went along, Punch and Judy, attracting each other and repelling, as love must do if it is not to end up as calendar art or a pop tune. But love, that word...”
Reading this novel straight through first, and then I will jump chp to chp as Cortázar advises. This is not easy to read— the sentences are long, dense with metaphor and language, and filled with bits of French and allusions to art and music. I‘m enjoying the challenge though!
#wanderingjune #dontcryformeArgentina Both on my mountain TBR!
“Sо they had begun to walk about in a fabulous Paris, following routes born of a clochard phrase, of an attic lit up in the darkness of a street's end, stopping in little confidential squares to kiss on the benches or look at the hopscotch game, those childish rites of a pebble and a hop on one leg to get into Heaven, Home.”
#StarTrekSummerJune | 7: #MoveAlongHome
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