62: A Model Kit (Spanish: 62/Modelo para armar) is a novel by Julio Cortázar published in 1968. It is considered the author's most experimental novel.[1]
Author | Julio Cortázar |
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Original title | 62/Modelo para armar |
Translator | Gregory Rabassa |
Language | Spanish |
Genre | Experimental, Antinovel |
Publisher | Sudamericana |
Publication date | 1968 |
Publication place | Argentina |
Published in English | 1972 |
ISBN | 978-0-8112-1437-7 |
OCLC | 42935685 |
863 21 | |
LC Class | PQ7797.C7145 S413 2000 |
Plot
editCharacters
edit- Juan, Argentinean interpreter.
- Hélène, anesthesiologist living in Paris.
- Polanco, Argentinean. Inseparable friend of Calac.
- Calac, Argentine writer. Inseparable friend of Polanco.
- Tell, Danish.
- Marrast, sculptor.
- Nicole, illustrator.
- Celia, 17-year-old French student.
- Austin, young English lutenist; former anonymous neurotic.
- Frau Marta, old Viennese lady.
- Monsieur Ochs, doll maker.
- Harold Haroldson, superintendent of The Courtauld Institute of Art.
References
edit- ^ Maguhn, Aurora (1991). "Introducción". 62: modelo para armar, o el armado del sentido en Julio Cortázar. Equinoccio. p. 116. ISBN 9789802370429. Retrieved 12 February 2013.