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    A Study Guide for Julio Cortazar's "End of the Game"
    A Study Guide for Julio Cortazar's "End of the Game"
    A Study Guide for Julio Cortazar's "End of the Game"
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    A Study Guide for Julio Cortazar's "End of the Game"

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    A Study Guide for Julio Cortazar's "End of the Game," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateJul 27, 2016
    ISBN9781535822732
    A Study Guide for Julio Cortazar's "End of the Game"

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      A Study Guide for Julio Cortazar's "End of the Game" - Gale

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      End of the Game

      Julio Cortázar

      1967

      Introduction

      End of the Game is a short story by Argentinean author Julio Cortázar. It was first published in Spanish in 1956 in Corázar's third collection of short stories, Final Del Juego. It is available in English translation in a collection of Cortázar's work titled Blow-Up and Other Stories, published in 1967. Although Cortázar is well known for works with a fantastic element, End of the Game instead involves ordinary people in ordinary situations. However, Cortázar allows a fantasy element into the story, as he portrays the game of a group of three adolescent girls—the Narrator, Holanda, and Letitia—who play in an imaginary kingdom by the railroad tracks near their house. In their kingdom, they create and wear elaborate costumes and pose for train riders. One rider, a young man named Ariel, begins dropping notes to the girls and they are enchanted by him. The story counterposes Ariel's view of the girls and the girls' perception of him. The two realities ultimately collide—and the game abruptly ends.

      Author Biography

      Julio Florencio Cortázar was born on August 26, 1914, in Brussels, Belgium, to María Scott and Julio Cortázar. His father was an economist who worked for the Argentine embassy in Brussels. In the same month that Cortázar was

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