Literature Class, Berkeley 1980
by Julio Cortázar , translated by Katherine Silver
Buy on Amazon“I want you to know that I?m not a critic or theorist, which means that in my work I look for solutions as problems arise.” So begins the first of eight classes that the great Argentine writer Julio Cort?zar delivered at UC Berkeley in 1980. These “classes” are as much reflections on Cort?zar?s own writing career as they are about literature and the historical moment in which he lived.…
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"There’s no question that Julio Cortázar is among the most revered Latin American writers of any age. In Literature Class, readers are treated to a series of talks the author gave at Berkeley circa 1980. They range from meditations on the writer’s path to the elements of an effective short story. “I’m not a critic or theorist,” he writes, “which means that in my work, I look for solutions as problems arise.” While this may be true, it’s hard to imagine anyone better suited to tackle the endless possibilities of literature and language itself."
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