Games, the irrational, a passion for life, the resolve to go beyond stale common sense and shatter the boundMaries of reality in order to look into the other side. As with all good writers, Julio Cort�zar offers much more than literature, through his words we find a world where the symbolic takes charge. Too often we forget that reality is a mere fabrication, that we can transgress its rules, especially when these are unjust and emasculating, and turn us into mediocre beings. The ten short stories included here can be seen as a provocation, as they will turn the reader’s way of thinking into a maze with infinite centers.
