Un tal Lucas

Un tal Lucas / A Certain Lucas

Short stories and novellas , 1979

Alfaguara

Pages: 192

In A Certain Lucas, Julio Cortázar takes us on a spiritual journey through the everyday, combining humor, music, friendship, Buenos Aires, and Spain, among other wonders. He assembles this collection of stories that once again demonstrates that we are in the presence of the great master of Argentine literature.

A Certain Lucas could be the alter ego of Julio Cortázar, lost among Argentine customs, offering advice on giving lectures or swimming in a gofio pool. It might be Lucas, or Julio, who ends up traveling by bus dressed in pajamas, only to find himself on the other side of the city when his only goal was to buy some matches for Tota. The small details of everyday life are the obsessions of this narrator who inhabits the world with a playful gaze. Combining humor, music, friendship, Buenos Aires, and Paris, among other wonders, this collection of stories once again demonstrates that we are in the presence of the great master of Argentine literature.