tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33019812.post7035675772911760011..comments2024-01-15T05:26:06.518+00:00Comments on THOUGHTS OF XANADU: Cronopios and Famas : Julio CortazarKubla Khanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11973223751363547679noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33019812.post-57887447704506077082015-02-23T10:13:34.515+00:002015-02-23T10:13:34.515+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sanjay Sharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07882690319194142835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33019812.post-26766551554368111962015-02-12T04:43:32.646+00:002015-02-12T04:43:32.646+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13778351853396980124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33019812.post-4081758902909357262013-11-27T23:06:47.746+00:002013-11-27T23:06:47.746+00:00Cortazar has such marvellous imagination and versa...Cortazar has such marvellous imagination and versatility. The Instructions, in particular, seem underappreciated. There is definitely more to them than mere absurdity. I make a case for this in my blog post:<br /><br />http://thecombedthunderclap.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/instructions-on-how-to-understand-words.htmlthundercombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10874632888578836727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33019812.post-69027735560183032512007-12-03T18:55:00.000+00:002007-12-03T18:55:00.000+00:00I was wondering if you have "Instruccions on How c...I was wondering if you have "Instruccions on How climb a staircase."<BR/>I'm crazy looking for this text in english but i only have it in spanish.<BR/>If you have it, do you mind e mailing me it asap? <BR/>Thanks in advance!!!!<BR/><BR/>Conciencia<BR/>ccronopia@hotmail.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33019812.post-89348048398798017902007-09-26T23:40:00.000+01:002007-09-26T23:40:00.000+01:00Oh, glad to see this review!I read the book some d...Oh, glad to see this review!<BR/>I read the book some days ago, and Loved it!Akartahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00074353395912529731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33019812.post-70712463844799277532007-09-13T20:24:00.000+01:002007-09-13T20:24:00.000+01:00Thanks! I am glad you liked it.Thanks! I am glad you liked it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33019812.post-42445256320893788162007-09-13T18:38:00.000+01:002007-09-13T18:38:00.000+01:00hi sharif, again....well done, really well written...hi sharif, again....<BR/>well done, really well written. I liked the last bits most.<BR/>Cortazar w'd have been pleased!Kubla Khanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11973223751363547679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33019812.post-78580510739948898722007-09-13T18:31:00.000+01:002007-09-13T18:31:00.000+01:00It does take a while to become Cortazarised..........It does take a while to become Cortazarised.......i could not open your link.....will try again.Kubla Khanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11973223751363547679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33019812.post-81116916358174396732007-09-13T16:45:00.000+01:002007-09-13T16:45:00.000+01:00Divided into 4 sections, the book starts with the ...<I>Divided into 4 sections, the book starts with the Instruction manual, ...</I><BR/><BR/>Sometime it takes a while to appreciate Cortazar. I didn't until I read the <I>How to..</I> manuals. It was so bizarre, not that his other works weren't, that I felt I was reading something familiar yet there was a out of this world element in it. <BR/><BR/><I>One should never commit this sin of asking the point of these stories. That is a facile, puerile task.</I><BR/><BR/>True. At least it inspired me to write something similar, a futile effort, but it was rewarding:<A HREF="http://ficlets.com/stories/4949" REL="nofollow"><BR/>Instructions on How to Kill a Poet</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com