From the Observatory
Pure Cortazar in all his masterful out-of-this-world imagery.  Illusory and poetic text accompanied by stunning photos make this book a perfect summer present for visitors or hosts as it is its own magical fairytale journey for adults.—SalonicaCortazar seeks 'another possible profile of man.' From the outset, as rendered in Anne McLean's elegant translation, he embraces the slipperiness of knowledge and language itself.—Literaure and Arts of the AmericasArchipelago’s latest offering, From the Observatory, is a slender, gorgeous thing, a photo-essay-cum-prose-poem-manifest . . . joyously slippery.—The NationFrom the Observatory is a welcome addition to [Cortazar's] well-established English oeuvre. It exposes the intelligence and idiosyncratic connections that reflect a unique and creative mind.—The Quarterly ConversationVivid... Cortazar makes both science and language something utterly sensual... In a stunning translation by the talented Anne Mclean.—The NationalThe photographs beautifully evoke their subject and also give some key to the genesis of the work itself... They recall the cinematic values that inspired two of the finest films of the French New Wave, Alain Resnais's Last Year at Marienbad and Hiroshima Mon Amour. —The Wall Street JournalA glittering showcase for a daring talent...Julio Cortazar is a dazzler.—The San Francisco ChronicleJulio Cortazar is a stunning writer. It is difficult to imagine how he could improve as a writer of short stories.—The Christian Science MonitorA first-class literary imagination at work.—The New York Times