Art by: Marc Torices

Written by: Jesús Marchamalo

Once, in a trip that Cortázar made to Lisbon, a friend of his mentioned to him a small guest house where he had been, but he did not remember the exact address. So, he indicated to Cortázar how to get there, starting from a small square near to the train station, from where he had to walk up a street, make a left, and then, next to some steps, he would find a small street... Cortázar followed the instructions and found the guest house, which was as his friend had described. It wasn’t until the next day that he realized that he had gone to the wrong square and the street was not the one he had been looking for, therefore the guest house was not the same one.

  In this book we start a journey in search of Julio Cortázar that will lead us through different episodes of his life: his first years in Europe, Banfield in Argentina; his last job as a university professor; Paris and the literature, his political commitment, his books, his friends, boxing, jazz, his travels and that world of inexplicable fates that made up somehow his life.

  We will follow the steps of his black hair, his plastic frame glasses and his enigmatic smile, framed in that beard of his of eternal adolescent and perhaps, as in that trip to Lisbon, the wrong path will lead us finally to the place where we wanted to be; with Cortázar one never knows!

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Key points:

• A graphic novel that brings to life many aspects about Cortázar, both the writer and the everyday man, all in a simple yet visually stunning language.

• Includes anecdotes about Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel García Márquez or Carlos Fuentes

Technical info:

• Original title: Cortázar

• Published in Spain by Nórdica Libros (2018)

• 236 pages - full colour - 190 x 247 mm

Rights sold: French (Presque Lune), Italian (Oblomov)

Territories excluded from representation: Nordic countries, Germany, The Netherlands, Brazil and Portugal