Quotes from bookHopscotch
Hopscotch is a novel by Argentine writer Julio Cortázar. Written in Paris, it was published in Spanish in 1963 and in English in 1966. For the first U.S. edition, translator Gregory Rabassa split the inaugural National Book Award in the translation category.Hopscotch is a stream-of-consciousness novel which can be read according to two different sequences of chapters. This novel is often referred to as a counter-novel, as it was by Cortázar himself. It meant an exploration with multiple endings, a neverending search through unanswerable questions.
“We went around without looking for each other, but knowing we went around to find each other.”
Julio Cortázar book Hopscotch
Source: Rayuela (Hopscotch) (1963), Chapter 1.
“Nothing is lost if one has the courage to proclaim that all is lost and we must begin anew.”
Julio Cortázar book Hopscotch
Nada está perdido si se tiene el valor de proclamar que todo está perdido y hay que empezar de nuevo.
Source: Rayuela (Hopscotch) (1963), Chapter 71.
