Cronopios and Famas

New York: Pantheon, (1969). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 161 pp. Original full navy cloth over blue paper-covered boards, stamped in purple, bronze, in original unclipped ($4.95) dust-jacket. General edge wear particular to spine ends and corners with chipping, small tears and light loss. Jacket mildly toned. A few soil spots to jacket rear. Consistent general handling and shelf wear. Protected in archival mylar. Book is moderately square and firm. General edge wear - with curling to the spine ends and corners. Some mild foxing to top text block. Some spots of soiling to rear panel. Interior is clean and unmarked.

Dust Jacket: Good

Hardcover: Good

“He is considered one of the most innovative and original authors of his time, a master of history, poetic prose and short story in general and a creator of important novels that inaugurated a new way of making literature in the Hispanic world by breaking the classical molds through narratives that escaped temporal linearity. Chilean novelist Roberto Bolaño cited Cortázar as a key influence on his novel The Savage Detectives: "To say that I'm permanently indebted to the work of Borges and Cortázar is obvious."