The Southern Thruway
A classic short story collection by Julio Cortázar, one of the four leading figures of the Latin American "Boom " The titular masterpiece, "The Southern Thruway, " narrates an absurd traffic jam on a highway outside Paris that lasts for several months
The Southern Thruway
[Author] Julio Cortázar
[Publisher] Nanhai Publishing Company
[Synopsis]
A classic short story collection by Julio Cortázar, one of the four leading figures of the Latin American "Boom." The titular masterpiece, "The Southern Thruway," narrates an absurd traffic jam on a highway outside Paris that lasts for several months. Within a stagnant micro-society completely frozen in place, people establish structures of order, fall in love, and even face death, showcasing Cortázar's unparalleled imagination and structural aesthetics.
