62: A Model Kit
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| 62: A Model Kit | |
| Author | Julio Cortázar |
|---|---|
| Original title | 62/Modelo para armar |
| Translator | Gregory Rabassa |
| Cover artist | Xul Solar |
| Language | Spanish English |
| Publication date | 1968 |
| Published in English |
1972 |
| Preceded by | Around the Day in Eighty Worlds |
| Followed by | Último round |
62: A Model Kit (translated from 62/Modelo para armar) is a novel by Julio Cortázar published on 1968. The book is a literary experiment that ranks among the most important novels written in Spanish in the 20th century. It was written in Paris between Hopscotch and the release of Around the Day in Eighty Worlds in 1967.
Contents |
[edit] 62 picks up where Hopscotch left off in Chapter 62
62/Model fulfills Julio Cortázar's terrifying alter ego from Hopscotch's character of Morelli in Chapter 62 and conveys the idea on how to restructure or build life in any city after a fall. The novel also influences Bela Lugosi and Groucho Marx cameo appearances in Thomas Pynchon's Against the Day.
[edit] Structure
The plot of the novel must be created accordingly with the single mind of every different reader around the world. Use model A01 as an example and collaborate with us to build a world model for the novel.
[edit] Model A01
- Themes
- model 01: unity, isolation, speculation, questioning
- Locations
- model 01: Le Polidor Restaurant & Boulevard Saint-Germain (Paris)
- Elements
- model 01: bottle of Sylvaner, mirror, book, memories
- Primary Characters
- model 01: Juan, the reader, Morelli, narrator, a fat diner
- Mood
- model 01: sad, lonely, melancholia
- Secondary Characters
- model 01: Helene, Polanco, Calac, Tell
- Ambiance
- model 01: darkness, Christmas Eve, Chilly
- Bilocation
- model 01: the reader with Morelli or narrator
[edit] The Russian alphabet
- Themes: the zone, night, travel, anxiety, escape
- Locations: the Cluny, some corner, the Saint-Martin canal, Le Polidor
- Elements: tricks, cat, typewriter, light, station platform, cars, speed
- Primary Characters: Morelli, narrator
- Mood: dynamic, sleepless, museum-like, restless
- Secondary Characters: Helene, Polanco, Calac, Tell, a fat diner
- New Characters: Austin, Celia, Nicole, Marrast, Monsieur Ochs, Frau Marta
- Wishlist: Yugoslavian Beach, a City, cool dream
- Missing Character: Juan
- Bilocation: surprise, the reader, the City
[edit] Last Segment on Feuille Morte
- Themes: cowboy movies, rescue, arrival, strategy
- Locations: Montparnasse, future
- Elements: taxi, train, time, station, smoke, lamp, insects, merits
- Primary Characters: Morelli or author or narrator or reader
- Mood: excitement, amusement, kissing
- Secondary Characters: Polanco, Calac, Tell and (the others)
- Ambiance: night, embracement
- Bilocation: bisbis bisbis
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