{"product_id":"hopscotch-paperback","title":"Hopscotch - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulio Cortázar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Cortazar's masterpiece ... The first great novel of Spanish America\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement) \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e- \u003c\/i\u003eW\u003c\/b\u003einner of the National Book Award for Translation in 1967, t\u003cb\u003eranslated by Gregory Rabassa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHoracio Oliveira is an Argentinian writer who lives in Paris with his mistress, La Maga, surrounded by a loose-knit circle of bohemian friends who call themselves \"the Club.\" A child's death and La Maga's disappearance put an end to his life of empty pleasures and intellectual acrobatics, and prompt Oliveira to return to Buenos Aires, where he works by turns as a salesman, a keeper of a circus cat which can truly count, and an attendant in an insane asylum. \u003ci\u003eHopscotch\u003c\/i\u003e is the dazzling, freewheeling account of Oliveira's astonishing adventures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHoracio Oliveira is an Argentinian writer who lives in Paris with his mistress, La Maga, surrounded by a loose-knit circle of bohemian friends who call themselves \"the Club.\" A child's death and La Maga's disappearance put an end to his life of empty pleasures and intellectual acrobatics, and prompt Oliveira to return to Buenos Aires, where he works by turns as a salesman, a keeper of a circus cat which can truly count, and an attendant in an insane asylum. Hopscotch is the dazzling, free-wheeling account of Oliveira's astonishing adventures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eJULIO CORTÁZAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Brussels to Argentinian parents in 1914, was raised in Argentina, and in 1952 moved to Paris, where he continued to live for the rest of his life. He was a poet, translator, an amateur jazz musician as well as the author of several novels and volumes of short stories. Ten of his books have been published in English: \u003ci\u003eThe Winners, Hopscotch \u003c\/i\u003e(which won the National Book Award)\u003ci\u003e, Blow-Up and Other Stories, Cronopios and Famas, 62: A Model Kit, A Change of Light, We Love Glenda So Much, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA Certain Lucas.\u003c\/i\u003e He received the Prix Médicis Award (France, 1974) and the Rubén Darío Order of Cultural Independence (Nicaragua, 1983), \u003ci\u003e among other accolades. \u003c\/i\u003eConsidered one of the great modern Latin American authors, he died in Paris in February 1984.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 576\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.05 x 5.23 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 12, 1987\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44301696139366,"sku":"9780394752846","price":29.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/a2ZCVDQxSllyNVZUTkhja1U2cDd6dz09.webp?v=1767437728","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/hopscotch-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}