No other poetry by Cortázar is in print
Cortázar is known as great novelist, but he was also a prolific poet,
this volume represents the only poetry survey by Cortázar in print in
the English language and the original Spanish.
New expanded edition better represents Cortázar's last project
This was the final project that Cortázar was working on before he passed
away in 1984. These poems (in the Spanish, printed in the book along
with the English) were chosen by Cortázar himself. This new edition
preserves the project as it was meant to be seen by Cortázar with 20
pages restored from his selection.
A more complete picture of Cortázar's complex personality
Cortázar believed that poetry was central to his writing life, and these
poems reveal many unseen sides of his complex personality and his
love-hate relations with Argentina as well as an intimate glimpse of his
personal life and obsession in his adopted home of Paris.