“In quoting others, we cite ourselves.”
Julio Cortázar book Around the Day in Eighty Worlds
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Julio CortázarOriginal title La Vuelta al Día en Ochenta Mundos (Spanish, 1967)
La vuelta al día en ochenta mundos is a two-volume collection of short pieces by Julio Cortázar, which was published by Siglo XXI Editores in 1967. Portions of the collection, along with portions of Cortázar's later two-volume collection Último round, were translated by Thomas Christensen and published by North Point Press in 1986 under the title Around the Day in Eighty Worlds. The contents of the North Point volume match the selection for the corresponding French-language edition, Le Tour du jour en quatre-vingt mondes .
“We no longer believe because it is absurd: it is absurd because we must believe.”
Julio Cortázar book Around the Day in Eighty Worlds
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“Memory is a mirror that scandalously lies.”
Julio Cortázar book Around the Day in Eighty Worlds
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“Wordplay hides a key to reality that the dictionary tries in vain to lock inside every free word.”
Julio Cortázar book Around the Day in Eighty Worlds
Source: Around the Day in Eighty Worlds
