{"product_id":"literature-class-berkeley-1980-9780811225342","title":"Literature Class, Berkeley 1980","description":"\"I want you to know that I'm not a critic or theorist, which means that in my work I look for solutions as problems arise.\" So begins the first of eight classes that the great Argentine writer Julio Cortázar delivered at UC Berkeley in 1980. These \"classes\" are as much reflections on Cortázar's own writing career as they are about literature and the historical moment in which he lived. Covering such topics as \"the writer's path\" (\"while my aesthetic world view made me admire writers like Borges, I was able to open my eyes to the language of street slang, \u003cem\u003elunfardo\u003c\/em\u003e...\") and \"the fantastic\" (\"unbeknownst to me, the fantastic had become as acceptable, as possible and real, as the fact of eating soup at eight o'clock in the evening\"), \u003cem\u003eLiterature Class\u003c\/em\u003e provides the warm and personal experience of sitting in a room with the great author. As Joaquin Marco stated in \u003cem\u003eEl Cultural\u003c\/em\u003e, \"exploring this course is to dive into Cortázar designing his own creations.... Essential for anyone reading or studying Cortázar, cronopio or not!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCortazar, Julio:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Julio Cortazar (1914-1984), Argentine novelist, poet, essayist, and short-story writer, was born in Brussels, and moved permanently to France in 1951. Cortazar is now recognized as one of the century's major experimental writers, reflecting the influence of French surrealism, psychoanalysis, and his love of both photography and jazz, along with his strong commitment to revolutionary Latin American politics.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCortázar, Julio:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eJulio Cortázar\u003c\/strong\u003e (1914-1984), Argentine novelist, poet, essayist, and short-story writer, was born in Brussels, and moved permanently to France in 1951. Cortazar is now recognized as one of the century's major experimental writers, reflecting the influence of French surrealism, psychoanalysis, and his love of both photography and jazz, along with his strong commitment to revolutionary Latin American politics.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSilver, Katherine:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eKatherine Silver's\u003c\/strong\u003e award-winning translations include works by María Sonia Cristoff, Daniel Sada, César Aira, Julio Cortázar, Juan Carlos Onetti, and Julio Ramón Ribeyro. The author of \u003cem\u003eEcho Under Story\u003c\/em\u003e, she does volunteer interpreting for asylum seekers.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50692896784658,"sku":"9780811225342","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3ec76204-d546-4569-86ae-9f225ab951e2.jpg?v=1734137414","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/literature-class-berkeley-1980-9780811225342","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}