by Julio Cortázar · Punto De Lectura · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466302272
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«Bestiario» is the short story collection by Julio Cortázar, published by Punto de Lectura in 2002, in paperback (160 pages, in Spanish).
Bestiario brings together eight stories in which Cortázar starts from everyday objects and situations to slide, almost without warning, into nightmare or revelation. Domestic tigers stalking a house, excrement falling from the sky, or a cinema that can only be visited by day make up a universe where the strange directly challenges the reader, who ends up seeing the world differently.
It is the first short story collection Julio Cortázar published under his own name, in 1951. This Punto de Lectura edition is in paperback and contains 160 pages.
Recommended for readers who want to start with Cortázar's short fiction or rediscover a key piece of the Latin American fantastic short story.
Julio Florencio Cortázar was an Argentine and naturalised French novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, and translator. Known as one of the founders of the Latin American Boom, Cortázar influenced an entire generation of Spanish-speaking readers and writers in America and Europe.
