Animalia
Illustrated Book , 2022
Alfaguara
Pages: 320
Aurora Bernárdez, the loving literary executor of Julio Cortázar, gathered twenty-one stories by the writer to form a unique collection of the fauna that inhabits the Cortazarian universe. There, as is known, animals we are familiar with coexist with others that only exist through the beautiful, amusing, and delicate words of the great cronopio.
Alfaguara reissues this anthology with the fabulous illustrations by Isol Misenta, which perfectly complement these tales where the bestial emerges and the irrational comes into play.
Stories included in this anthology: Axolotl, Discurso del oso, Carta a una señorita en París, Retrato del casoar, País llamado Alechinsky, Cefalea, Camello declarado indeseable, Los venenos, Los posatigres, Circe, Lucas, sus luchas con la hidra, Verano, Historia con un oso blando, Bestiario, Los discursos del pinchajeta, Orientación de los gatos, Instrucciones para matar hormigas en Roma, Sobre la exterminación de los cocodrilos en Auvernia, Satarsa, Tortugas y cronopios, Paseo entre las jaulas.