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Hopscotch
by Cortazar, Julio
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Pantheon Books, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Translated by Gregory Rabassa. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($6.95), lightly toned, two chips at the top edge. Red cloth with blue ink lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, faded tpp stain, bookplate on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. Cortazar's classic mostmodern novel that can be read in a traditional fashion or in Cortazar's "hopscotch" method laid on in his Table of Instructions. Rabassa won the first National Book Award for translation with his work here.
Synopsis
JULIO CORTAZAR was born in 1914 in Belgium to Argentinean parents, grew up in Buenos Aires, and moved to Paris in 1951. An acclaimed and influential novelist, short-story writer, poet, playwright, and essayist, he was also a human rights advocate and amateur jazz musician. He died in Paris in 1984.
Reviews
On Jul 30 2018, a reader said:
Amazing Anti-Novel that can be read read infinitely many times over
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9349
- Title
- Hopscotch
- Author
- Cortazar, Julio
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Weight
- 0.23 lbs
- Keywords
- Latinx Literature, Postmodern, National Book Award, Latin American Literature, South American Literature
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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