What are lit thoughts on this?

>>7882840
Is that loss?

is this the ultimate argentinian masterpiece?

Bumpin' cause I just bought this and was wondering if it'll be better than expected

Been wanting to read for a while, would love to hear some opinions as well.

>>7882840
What's a ture?

>>7882840
it's mostly about a bunch of pretentious cunts who sit around drinking wine. very good

>>7884382
It seems like a lot of South American literature has that. What's the correlation between South America and their hard on for the bohemian lifestyle?

>>7882845
nah dude its flac

>>7884398
Brutal Dictatorships, unstable governments and political corruption?

>>7882857
?

Ficciones.

>>7884382
Actuallty Cortazar orginal intentions was to make fun of that kind of living, the so called "Paris cliche". However, a lot of people seems to concur that the novel does read more like an apotheosis of that cliche.

>>7882840
I liked it, certainly very innovative and influential at its time. Not so much today, but still worth a read.

His shorter stuff is miles better

very mixed feelings on this. if you read it definitely do it in the Hopscotch order instead of straight through - I read it straight through and wished I had read some of the endnotes first. especially useful is the one discussing what kind of novel the semi-fictionalized author is interested in writing - a comic novel, where the characters are not to be praised, but are figures of fun. makes the endless assholery of the main character a little more palatable when you realize you're not supposed to identify with him at all.

all that said...it's long and there's a lot of assholery. the main char is in his mid-late 30s and he has the emotional intelligence of a teenager. a few of the chapters are quite good but it's hard for me to recommend this

>the blatant self advertising in this thread

pls, don't let /lit/ become /g/

>>7886055
> all that said...it's long and there's a lot of assholery. the main char is in his mid-late 30s and he has the emotional intelligence of a teenager

obligatory my diary desu

I appreciate the timeliness of this thread. Just finished blow-up and other stories last week. Looking for my next read now...will defer for a time and commit to finishing gravitys rainbow instead.

Great book but read it the Hopscotch method or you skip half the book.
tfw no homeless lady to get a drunken bj from although i havent made an attempt

>>7884722
Probably this. Haven't read Hopscotch but yeah, Coratazr is pretty subtle, gang.