Clases De Literatura by Julio Cortazar

Berkeley, 1980

A series of 1980 university lectures in Berkeley that blend literary craft and lived experience, reflecting on the differences between the short story and the novel, the fantastic as a way to grasp reality, and the interplay of chance, play, and jazz-like improvisation in writing. Through candid self-commentary, readings, and dialogue with students, it also probes translation, political commitment, and Latin American identity, offering an intimate, exploratory map of how literature is made and inhabited.

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