num_pages: 354
description: Autonauts of the Cosmoroute is a love story, a travelogue, a collection of stories and snapshots, both visual and verbal, irreverent and brilliant. In May of ‘82, Julio Cortázar, literary explorer of the highest order, set out with Carol Dunlop aboard their VW camper van (a.k.a. Fafner) to explore the uncharted territory of the Paris-Marseilles freeway. It was a route they’d driven before, usually in about ten hours. This time, they loaded up with supplies—food, water, wine, typewriters, cameras—and prepared for an arduous voyage of thirty-three days without leaving the autoroute, at a rate of two rest stops per day. Along the way they would uncover the hidden side of the freeway and take the notion of literature from a serious game to a logical, surreal extreme.
language: English
title: Autonauts of the Cosmoroute: A Timeless Voyage from Paris to Marseilles
titlecomplete: Autonauts of the Cosmoroute: A Timeless Voyage from Paris to Marseilles
genres: France, Adventure, Spanish Literature, Collections, Memoir, Nonfiction, Literature, Essays, Travel, 20th Century
ratings_count: 1377
awards: awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: BTBA Best Translated Book Award
category: Fiction shortlist
publisher: Archipelago