Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar6/22/2023 Horacio dissects every part of his life, and after much agonizing, he begins an affair with a wealthy Parisian, Pola, and convinces himself that Maga is sleeping with Ossip Gregorovius, another member of the Club. Horacio lives in a small flat with Maga, but the relationship becomes horribly strained when her child, Rocamadour, comes to live with them. Horacio and Maga are members of the Serpent Club, a coterie of artists, writers, musicians, and intellectuals who convene in the evening to drink, listen to music, and engage in dialectical arguments about every facet of art and life. The story opens with Horacio searching the bridges of Paris for his mistress La Maga, who has disappeared. Hopscotch is a portrait of a creative soul stymied by an inability to act. There, he encounters still greater tests of his sanity in the company of his childhood friend, Traveler. He wanders 1950s Paris with his mistress La Maga and a band of bohemian cohorts, but a series of missteps and personal tragedies send him packing back to Buenos Aires. Hopscotch is an account of the misadventures of Horacio Oliveira, a discontent Argentinean intellectual in his forties.
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