Blow-Up: And Other Stories, (Paperback)

from PZR

The fantastic and the mundane combine in 'Blow-Up and Other Stories', often possessing the scorpion's sting in their tales. The best stories here make for a memorable collection. They have the qual...

from KrisR

This volume is my introduction to Cortázar, part of my 2012 Year of Discovering Latin American and Spanish writers. I have his novels on my horizon, and I'm itching to read them, but I thought star...

from streamsong

This is a not-to-be-missed collection of short stories. Many have a surprising hard-hitting twist at the end. Others are more subtle, with what a back cover blurb describes as ‘a sense of unease' t...

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The stories are very hit and miss but when Cortazar hits it's well worth the effort. A very intriguing collection.

from Tables

I read "Letter to a Young Woman in Paris." I think most high school students would find the story difficult to read, but could possibly be used for more advanced 11th and 12th graders. Because of t...