Julio Cortazar: Short Stories Julio Cortazar

The devil is in the details! No matter the task, one must pay attention to every aspect of its completion to avoid being swayed by the devil’s tactics of distraction and procrastination. Stories meant to scare have a difficult and all-consuming...

“The Island At Noon” by Julio Cortazar follows main character Marini, who works as a flight attendant flying over the Aegean sea and wishes to travel to an island he observes out the window. However, when he makes it to the island, while he finds...

Through our art mediums and our language, humans are always seeking ways to reproduce and make sense of our own perceptions. Julio Cortazar's short story “Blow-Up” explores the subjective nature of reality and the ways in which our perceptions...