Signed and dated first US edition of Cortázar's "first political novel" — an experimental work blending narrative with poetry, diagrams, and articles.
Fine in a near fine jacket.
Price: $2,000.00
"LIBRO DE MANUEL is based on the story of a revolutionary group that plans to kidnap a political figure and, by ransoming him, free some political prisoners." — Peter Standish
According to scholar Peter Standish, A MANUAL FOR MANUEL "is in a number of ways radically different [...] and was written under pressure. Cortázar was motivated to act quickly both by the hardening [...] of the revolutionary line in Cuba and by political developments in the Southern Cone [...] The political commitment of this book is undeniable, but so too are its playfulness, its metaphysical dimension, and the fact that it scrutinizes the revolutionaries themselves" (12). A scarce signature.
Read more: Standish, Understanding Julio Cortázar.
First printing. New York: Pantheon Books, (1978). 8'' x 5.25''. Original black cloth, stamped in gilt to front board, gilt and orange lettered spine. In original unclipped ($10.95) color pictorial jacket designed by Bob Cuevas. [6], 392 pages. Signed and dated (1979) by Cortázar to front free endpaper. Touches of edgewear to jacket. Small area of offsetting from previous jacket protector to verso only. Faint toning here there. Else clean and sound.
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