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They all meet at ”Vive como puedes” art studio (Live as You Can), a place where they discuss literature, painting, and music. The meeting place, in a way, foreshadows the Snake Club from Cortázar’s novel ”[[Hopscotch (Cortázar novel)|Hopscotch]]”.<ref name=”:1″>{{Cite web|url=https://www.guioteca.com/literatura-contemporanea/divertimento-de-julio-cortazar-fantasmas-y-espiritismo/|title=Divertimento, de Julio Cortázar, fantasmas y espiritismo | Guioteca.com|date=March 9, 2012|website=Guioteca|language=Spanish}}</ref> |
They all meet at ”Vive como puedes” art studio (Live as You Can), a place where they discuss literature, painting, and music. The meeting place, in a way, foreshadows the Snake Club from Cortázar’s novel ”[[Hopscotch (Cortázar novel)|Hopscotch]]”.<ref name=”:1″>{{Cite web|url=https://www.guioteca.com/literatura-contemporanea/divertimento-de-julio-cortazar-fantasmas-y-espiritismo/|title=Divertimento, de Julio Cortázar, fantasmas y espiritismo | Guioteca.com|date=March 9, 2012|website=Guioteca|language=Spanish}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 15:40, 28 September 2025
Divertimento is a novel by the Argentine-French writer Julio Cortázar. The work was written in 1949 and published in 1986, two years after the writer’s death.[1]
The story is set in 1940s Bohemian Buenos Aires, and told by Insecto, the author’s alter ego, who is a friend of a group of young creatives formed by the flamboyant surrealist painter Renato Lozano and his sister Susana; the brothers Jorge and Marta Vigil; and the Dinar sisters, Laura and Moña.[2][3]
They all meet at Vive como puedes art studio (Live as You Can), a place where they discuss literature, painting, and music. The meeting place, in a way, foreshadows the Snake Club from Cortázar’s novel Hopscotch.[2]
The novel intertwines literary, artistic, and musical themes. Life should be approached playfully; existence should not be taken too seriously.[1]
Cortázar’s humor is present throughout the narrative, manifesting in a tone that navigates a balance between nostalgia and irony.[1]
Through the bohemian characters, the novel portrays the anti-Peronist sentiments of Cortázar’s early stage as a writer.[3][4]
