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Cortazar's stories are like small time pieces, where each polished part moves relentlessly on its own particular path, exercising a crucial and perpetual influence on the mechanism as a whole. Moments jerk forward and retract, reflect and refract: an island at noon from an aeroplane - an aeroplane at noon from an island; the living deceiving the dying and also themselves, about death; fatality by fire in an ancient Roman arena and in a modern city apartment. It is a world that is constantly shifting, upsetting our balance and our peace of mind, a world outside of time that provokes a fascination bordering on terror. Cortazar is the master of the form and this celebrated collection houses some of his finest work.
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All Fires the Fire, Julio Cortázar
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- Released
- 2005
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- Title
- All Fires the Fire
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Julio Cortázar
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
- Released
- 2005
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 154
- ISBN10
- 0714534005
- ISBN13
- 9780714534008
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Classics, Short Stories, Spanish Literature, Magical Realism, Latin American Literature
- Rating
- 4.15 out of 5
- Description
- Cortazar's stories are like small time pieces, where each polished part moves relentlessly on its own particular path, exercising a crucial and perpetual influence on the mechanism as a whole. Moments jerk forward and retract, reflect and refract: an island at noon from an aeroplane - an aeroplane at noon from an island; the living deceiving the dying and also themselves, about death; fatality by fire in an ancient Roman arena and in a modern city apartment. It is a world that is constantly shifting, upsetting our balance and our peace of mind, a world outside of time that provokes a fascination bordering on terror. Cortazar is the master of the form and this celebrated collection houses some of his finest work.