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Tales of Chronopes and Families (1962) is one of Julio Cortázar's legendary books, offering a poetic view that can withstand the squalor of everyday life and common sense. Here, Cortázar takes the side of the creative imagination and caustic humour of the Surrealists.

A collection of insightful stories and cartoons is a wonderful introduction to the endless world of one of the best writers of the twentieth century and a guaranteed antidote to pomp and boredom. With this book, Cortázar cements an unconditional and definitive pact of partnership with his readers.

"Cortázar's characters are the most ordinary people, united by a routine of casual attachments and equally casual disagreements. The atmosphere - cigarette brands, shop windows, counters, bottles of whiskey, pharmacies, airports, platforms - is the most ordinary. ...But slowly you begin to realise that this is not the case. The narrator skilfully draws us into his terrifying world, where there is no place for joy." J. L. Borges