The literature of the Argentine writer Julio Cortázar remains fully current due to its modernity, its quality in writing and sales that remain stable every year, according to figures from the literary field at the tribute to the author held at the Madrid Book Fair.
As a writer, Cortázar had a prolific career that includes titles such as Hopscotch, Bestiary, The exam, Stories of cronopios and fame and A certain Lucasamong many others, but his role as a storyteller stands out.
In a conference he gave in Cuba, Cortázar said that “the novel always wins by points, while the story must win by knockout” and revealed his love for boxing, which is also present in his work.
In this sense, the Spanish actress Clara Sanchis assured EFE that the Argentine’s stories are infinite and incomprehensible: «You can find a story that is completely realistic, exciting and that moves you; you can find another surreal, dreamlike; another tremendously political and combative one. “Suddenly it touches personal, small themes, from an almost fantasy world.”
The Spanish poet and novelist Benjamín Prado, Sanchis and the Argentine writer Andrea Stefanoni highlighted the relevance that the author has today, in a talk in which they reviewed his work, the different styles he explored and his influences.
Pilar Reyes revealed that Hopscotch It is one of the best-selling books every year by the publisher
