""In this playful and scintillating set of fabulist tales by Argentine master Cortázar, characters are shuffled through shifting realities. Cortázar fans will devour these affecting stories.""

Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"He was, perhaps without trying, the Argentine who made the whole world love him."

Gabriel García Márquez

"Anyone who doesn’t read Cortázar is doomed."

Pablo Neruda

"I’m permanently indebted to the work of Cortázar."

Roberto Bolaño

"The noted Argentinian author’s incomparable elegance shines through these eight stories."

Publishers Weekly