Final Exam by Julio Cortazar
On the eve of a crucial university test, a group of friends drift through a fog-choked Buenos Aires, forsaking study for wandering conversations that blur satire, dream, and dread. As religious pageantry, censorship, and the threat of authoritarian control pervade the streets, the city itself becomes labyrinthine and uncanny, mirroring their anxious search for meaning. Their nocturnal odyssey turns the looming test into an existential reckoning with identity, disillusionment, and the fragile hope of escape.
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- Published
- 1986
- Nationality
- Argentine
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 160-200
- Original Language
- Spanish
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- Alternate Titles
- - El examen
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