Autonauts of the Cosmoroute
By Julio Cortázar and Carol Dunlop
Translated by Anne McLean
By Julio Cortázar and Carol Dunlop
Translated by Anne McLean
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$20.00
Nov 26, 2007 | ISBN 9780979333002
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Praise
“Despite the unpromising terrain of the autoroute, they make interesting discoveries daily. Much of the travelogue is humorous, yet it’s also a serious book about ’slow travel’ in which they subvert the autoroute’s efficiency and find adventure in unexpected places.”
–Yaël Schlick, Toronto Star
“The journey undertaken by Cortázar and his wife and collaborator Carol Dunlop is quixotic in the largest sense. At one level, it is an adventure stood on its absurd head. At another, it is something graver—a mask of comedy concealing the enigma of an archaic smile.”
–Richard Eder, The Los Angeles Times Book Review
“Driving a van that never leaves the motorway from Paris to Marseille, Dunlop and Cortázar explore a mysterious world full of car parks and botanical samples, crappy restaurants and their customers. A fascinating journal dedicated to ‘all the weirdos in the world’, it should take its place alongside Robert Louis Stevenson’s travel diaries.”
–Nicolas Bourriaud, Frieze
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