A certain Lucas / Julio Cortazar ; translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cortázar, Julio, Author.

Contributor:

Rabassa, Gregory, translator.

Series:

New Directions paperbook ; 1646.

New Directions paperbook 1646

Standardized Title:

Tal Lucas. English http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/2c6df862-b014-5774-ed25-f01e5a14fc7c

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Men--Fiction.

Men.

Habit--Fiction.

Habit.

Friendship--Fiction.

Friendship.

Genre:

short stories.

Short stories.

Novels.

Physical Description:

121 pages ; 21 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2025.

Summary:

"A kaleidoscopic novel by Julio Cortazar, A Certain Lucas contains a series of brilliant, eccentrically interlocking pieces, by turns comic, philosophical, allusive, and always a pleasure to read. In short takes, we are plunged directly into the life of Lucas, learning about his patriotism, his friends ("a list of cronies large and varied"), his shopping routines (always in his pajamas), his favorite pianists, his battles with the Hydra ("now that he's growing old he realizes it's not easy to kill it"). His world is described in multiple quick parodies, with hilarious evocations of the latest trends: physical fitness, semiotics, cool pornography, and animal ESP. We are given glimpses and ultimately offered a strange, yet rounded portrait of a complete man, but not just any man ... This is a certain Lucas"--Provided by publisher

ISBN:

9780811239370

0811239373

OCLC:

1501572503