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Conocido especialmente por sus cuentos y novelas, el autor argentino era un poeta hasta cuando escribía en prosa y supo imprimir en sus versos la misma emoción que conmocionó en obras como \u003ci\u003eRayuela\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e -------\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e«\u003ci\u003eNo me des tregua, no me perdones nunca.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHostígame en la sangre, que cada cosa cruel sea tú que vuelves.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e¡No me dejes dormir, no me des paz!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEntonces ganaré mi reino,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003enaceré lentamente.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNo me pierdas como una música fácil, no seas caricia ni guante;\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003etállame como un sílex, desespérame.\u003c\/i\u003e»\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eENGLISH DESCRIPTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"An inside look into the poetry of one of the most important Argentine writers of the 20th century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Julio Cortazar's work is one of the great pillars in Spanish-language literature of the 20th century. 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El Cort zar formal y en ciernes de 1938, el cuentista genial, el l dico, el comprometido, el sagaz cr tico de m sica y artes pl sticas, el cronista, el poeta. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePapeles inesperados\u003c\/i\u003e, cuya publicaci n es un verdadero acontecimiento literario, es para los innumerables lectores de Cort zar, para los estudiosos de su obra, para los periodistas culturales, para todos aquellos interesados en la figura de un hombre y un escritor que cambi  para siempre la literatura en lengua espa ola. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eENGLISH DESCRIPTION\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished on the 25th anniversary of the author's death, this work is an extensive assortment of writings and unedited texts written throughout Cort zar's life. 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Brimming with literary ambition and vitality, Rayuela reformed narrative tools, destroyed established paradigms and searched for the origins of poetry. 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