„All profound distraction opens certain doors. You have to allow yourself to be distracted when you are unable to concentrate.“
— Julio Cortázar, book Around the Day in Eighty Worlds
Source: Around the Day in Eighty Worlds
Birthdate: 26. August 1914
Date of death: 12. February 1984
Julio Cortázar, born Jules Florencio Cortázar , was an Argentine novelist, short story writer, and essayist. Known as one of the founders of the Latin American Boom, Cortázar influenced an entire generation of Spanish-speaking readers and writers in the Americas and Europe.
— Julio Cortázar, book Around the Day in Eighty Worlds
Source: Around the Day in Eighty Worlds
— Julio Cortázar, book Around the Day in Eighty Worlds
Source: Around the Day in Eighty Worlds
— Julio Cortázar, book Around the Day in Eighty Worlds
Source: Around the Day in Eighty Worlds
— Julio Cortázar, book Around the Day in Eighty Worlds
Source: Around the Day in Eighty Worlds
— Julio Cortázar, book Around the Day in Eighty Worlds
Source: Around the Day in Eighty Worlds
— Julio Cortázar, book Around the Day in Eighty Worlds
Source: Around the Day in Eighty Worlds
— Julio Cortázar, book Hopscotch
Original: (gl) 'Andábamos sin buscarnos pero sabiendo que andábamos para encontrarnos.'
Source: Rayuela (Hopscotch) (1963), Chapter 1.
— Julio Cortázar, book Around the Day in Eighty Worlds
Source: Around the Day in Eighty Worlds
— Julio Cortázar, book Hopscotch
Rayuela (Hopscotch) (1963)