Las armas secretas
Author: Julio Cortázar
Cinco relatos en los cuales Julio Cortázar llega a uno de los puntos culminantes de su actividad de narrador. Cinco relatos que inician en la literatura contemporánea un espacio único, en el cual resuenan voces que se entrecruzan y, en registros diferentes, dicen una y otra vez el misterio inagotable de la existencia. Espacio que deslumbra desasosiega y a la vez exalta a q….Read More
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