This journal is about art I have enjoyed immensely...
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Hopscotch - Julio Cortázar
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The most notable aspect of this novel is its unusual structure. This is apparent from the very outset. You are given an option: you can either read it linearly, which only encompasses two sections entitled 'From the Other Side' and 'From This Side', or you can read it in a non-linear fashion that includes a third section called 'From Other Sides'. The novel's protagonist is an Argentinean intellectual who roams around Paris and is obsessed by 'La Maga'. He eventually returns to Argentina and stays with an eccentric couple. This culminates in a psychatric institution where Oliveira works and he reaches the brink of insanity. This text simply can't be reduced to plot, because its main appeal is its use of language. Cortázar inventively plays around it in a style akin to an improvising jazz performer. …
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Hopscotch - Julio Cortázar
http://www.letrasdechile.cl/mambo/images/rayuela.jpg
The most notable aspect of this novel is its unusual structure. This is apparent from the very outset. You are given an option: you can either read it linearly, which only encompasses two sections entitled 'From the Other Side' and 'From This Side', or you can read it in a non-linear fashion that includes a third section called 'From Other Sides'. The novel's protagonist is an Argentinean intellectual who roams around Paris and is obsessed by 'La Maga'. He eventually returns to Argentina and stays with an eccentric couple. This culminates in a psychatric institution where Oliveira works and he reaches the brink of insanity. This text simply can't be reduced to plot, because its main appeal is its use of language. Cortázar inventively plays around it in a style akin to an improvising jazz performer. …
