{"product_id":"hopscotch-9780394752846","title":"Hopscotch","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Cortazar's masterpiece ... The first great novel of Spanish America\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement) \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e- \u003c\/i\u003eW\u003c\/b\u003einner of the National Book Award for Translation in 1967, t\u003cb\u003eranslated by Gregory Rabassa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHoracio Oliveira is an Argentinian writer who lives in Paris with his mistress, La Maga, surrounded by a loose-knit circle of bohemian friends who call themselves \"the Club.\" A child's death and La Maga's disappearance put an end to his life of empty pleasures and intellectual acrobatics, and prompt Oliveira to return to Buenos Aires, where he works by turns as a salesman, a keeper of a circus cat which can truly count, and an attendant in an insane asylum. \u003ci\u003eHopscotch\u003c\/i\u003e is the dazzling, freewheeling account of Oliveira's astonishing adventures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julio Cortázar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pantheon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/12\/1987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Pantheon Modern Writers #0000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.05h x 5.23w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780394752846","brand":"Pantheon Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42448353099913,"sku":"9780394752846","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_1fa38c85-cccd-4187-bcef-0ecddc409565.jpg?v=1716148169","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/hopscotch-9780394752846","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}