Other of his great works are Cronopios and Famas stories, 62 Model to assemble, octaedro, End of the game and The island at noonamong other stories. Also, stories like House taken either The devil's drool They were taken to the cinema.
Why «Rayuela» is Cortázar's most famous work?
Written in Paris and first published in Spain in 1963, Hopscotch of Julio Cortázar He is considered his most famous work, which earned him the international recognition, being part of the Latin American Boom in the 1960s.
The protagonist of Hopscotch He is an alter ego of Cortázar, Horacio Oliveirawho narrates the itinerary of an Argentine intellectual in Paris in the first part, and later in Argentina in a second part. In a third section, add a series of annotations, journalistic cuts, poems and appointments.
However, the characteristic that stands out in this novel is The order to read it: Cortázar proposes two ways to do it, From beginning to end, or interspersing the chapters, in an order specified at the beginning of it.
Thus, this story recounts the love disagreements between the Maga and Horacio Oliveira, the intellectual conflicts of Horacio, and the Cultural shock of the time. Therefore, this novel is considered a Argentine culture emblem of that moment, despite the harsh criticism that the author received at the time of his publication.
As a curious fact, part of the copyright of Hopscotchthey were allocated by Julio Cortázar To help political prisoners, since he always considered himself as a revolutionary, in favor of democracy and freedom in their country.