Important works by Spanish language authors
Discover must-read Spanish language authors with this curated list, featuring Julio Cortázar's iconic works like *Blow-Up* and *62*, plus Felisberto Hernández's *Piano Stories*. Essential fiction and short stories for Hispanic literature fans.
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62
by Julio Cortázar
First published in English in 1972 and long out of print, 62: A Model Kit is Julio Cortázar's brilliant, intricate blueprint for life in the so-called City.
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Piano Stories
by Felisberto Hernández
Inhabited by rich, eccentric characters and full of strange and surprising landscapes, this collection of short stories deeply influenced a generation of magical realists.If I hadn't read the stories of Felisberto Hernandez in 1950, I would not be the writer I am today. Because he taught me that the most haunting mysteries are those of everyday life. -- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Blow-Up
by Julio Cortázar
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 intended victim . . . Originally published in hardcover as End of the Game and Other Stories, the fifteen stories collected here—including “Blow-Up,” which was the basis for Michelangelo Antonioni’s film of the same name—shows Julio Cortázar's nimble capacity to explore the shadowy realm where the everyday meets the mysterious, perhaps even the terrible.
