Final Exam by Julio Cortazar
Set in a surreal Buenos Aires, where a strange fog has enveloped the city to everyone's bewilderment, students Juan and Clara meet up with their friends Andres and Stella. Juan and Clara are getting ready to take their final exam, but instead of preparing, they wander the city with their friends.
Julio Cortázar (1914-1984), Argentine novelist, poet, essayist, and short-story writer, was born in Brussels, and moved permanently to France in 1951. Cortazar is now recognized as one of the century's major experimental writers, reflecting the influence of French surrealism, psychoanalysis, and his love of both photography and jazz, along with his strong commitment to revolutionary Latin American politics.
Professor MacAdam’s area of specialization is twentieth-century Latin-American narrative, a subject on which he has published three books and numerous articles. He is also a translator of Latin-American fiction and has translated novels by Julio Cortázar, Reinaldo Arenas, Alejo Carpentier, José Donoso, Carlos Fuentes, Mario Vargas Llosa, Juan Carlos Onetti, and Osvaldo Soriano. From 1984 to 2004, MacAdam was the editor of Review: Latin American Literature and Arts, a publication of the Americas Society. This biannual magazine presents work by Latin-American writers not yet known to English-speaking audiences as well as unknown texts by already established writers.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780811214179 |
| ISBN 10 | 0811214176 |
| Title | Final Exam |
| Author | Julio Cortazar |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | New Directions Publishing Corporation |
| Year published | 2000-02-17 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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