Octaedro is a book by Julio Cortázar

Julio Cortázar

Julio Cortázar, born Jules Florencio Cortázar, was an Argentine writer. Cortázar, known as one of the founders of the Latin American Boom, influenced an entire generation of Spanish speaking readers and writers in the Americas and Europe.-Early life:Cortázar's parents, Julio José Cortázar and...

 published in 1974 after the release of Libro de Manuel

Libro de Manuel

Libro de Manuel is a novel by Julio Cortázar published in 1973.-Summary:The novel is a blueprint that synthetizes the controversy of politics and social movements during the 1970s...

 in 1973. The book pops up before the controversy of Libro de Manuel

Libro de Manuel

Libro de Manuel is a novel by Julio Cortázar published in 1973.-Summary:The novel is a blueprint that synthetizes the controversy of politics and social movements during the 1970s...

which synthetizes politics and social narration into a new prodigious genre.

Content

• Liliana llorando
• Los pasos en las huellas
• Manuscrito hallado en un bolsillo
• Verano
• Ahí pero dónde, cómo
• Lugar llamado Kindberg
• Las fases de Severo
• Cuello de gatito negro

Themes

• threshold between conventional and fantastic
• love
• dream
• sickness
• death
• infancy
• the perfect geometry behind Cortázar's work: the octahedron

Timeline

Julio Cortázar takes part in a reunion of the Russell Court II in Rome to examine the political situation and the violations of human rights in Latin America.