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    <body><![CDATA[Como casi siempre, el genial Cortázar me sorprende y, como a veces, me entusiasma. Cortázar brilla más, a mi juicio, en sus cuentos que en sus novelas. Mientras éstas pueden acabar haciéndose pesadas, en la economía de los cuentos brilla un escritor misterioso, variado, de mil voces y personal...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80270025">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Everyone knows that Cortázar is my favorite ever, but everyone probably also knows that I much prefer novels to story collections. Some of these stories are spectacular, of course, but there's a lot that aren't, so meh. <br/><br/>Some good ones are &quot;The Night Face Up&quot; (a guy who has jus...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60887865">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Me encantó el cuento &quot;Los venenos&quot;. El resto estaban buenos, también, con su mezcla entre realidad y ficción, y lo siniestro en la vida cotidiana (&quot;Nadie tiene la culpa&quot;). Me gustó tratar de descifrarlos.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Como siempre, la invitación de Cortázar consiste en que uno como lector desempeña un papel fundamental en la construcción narrativa. Quizá después de Rayuela, en los cuentos reunidos en este volumen, esta invitación queda puesta de relieve con mayor énfasis. Una joya. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Cortázar is brilliant and completely off his rocker. I wrote a thesis on his short stories for my Spanish degree.]]></body>
    
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