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Blow-Up
Blow-Up: And Other Stories | Julio Cortázar
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A young girl spends her summer vacation in a country house where a tiger roams . . . A man reading a mystery finds out too late that he is the murderer's victim . . . In the fifteen stories collected here—including "Blow-Up," which was the basis for Michelangelo Antonioni's film of the same name—Julio Cortazar explores the boundary where the everyday meets the mysterious, perhaps even the terrible.
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AMVP
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I've only read the first story so far, but already I can tell this is gonna be one of my favorite books I read this year.

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Leftcoastzen
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#wanderingjune #dontcryformeArgentina Both on my mountain TBR!

Cinfhen Two books I‘m unfamiliar with 5y
BarbaraBB Borges... one I‘ve been wanting to read. 5y
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Naominats
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Among the many ways to combat nothingness, one of the best ways is to take photographs.

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catieohjoy
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In addition to books, I also collect enamel pins. This adorable little axolotl is one of my latest finds (by Oh Jessica Jessica, an Australian illustrator), which I purchased in honor of this wonderful Cortázar story!

mauveandrosysky I collect pins too! 🤗 There are so many good ones out there. 8y
catieohjoy @mauveandrosysky There really are! Maybe too many! 😄 8y
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catieohjoy
Blow-Up: And Other Stories | Julio Cortázar

In addition to books, I also collect enamel pins. This adorable little axolotl is one of my latest finds (by Oh Jessica Jessica, an Australian illustrator), which I purchased in honor of this wonderful Cortázar story!

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catieohjoy
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For #recommendsday, I suggest the surreal, unsettling, complex, and charming short fiction of Julio Cortázar. I encountered Cortázar for the first time in high school Spanish, reading an excerpt from Historias de cronopios y de famas, and became reacquainted years later in graduate school when I read Blow-Up. Beautiful, magical writing in both the original Spanish and English translations

Eugeniavb Try this one. One of my favourite books ever. It's just magical. 8y
catieohjoy @Eugeniavb That is definitely on my list! 😃 8y
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Simone_Gibson
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Such an amazing collection of short stories. I found myself unnerved and on edge in suspense, but at the same time drinking in the beautiful prose.

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JessReads
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I have my favorite mug and my book club book for tonight, so it's a good morning.

MyBookLife Oh, can you buy than online?? 9y
JessReads @MyBookLife Yes! I got it from the Book Riot store. When your pour hot liquid into it, the blacked out titles are revealed! 9y
MyBookLife Get out!!!!! Got. To. Have. One. Thanks!! @JessReads 9y
JessReads @MyBookLife Yeah you do! 9y
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