62: A Model Kit (Spanish: 62/Modelo para armar) is a novel by Julio Cortázar published in 1968. It is considered the author's most experimental novel.[1]

62: A Model Kit
First edition
AuthorJulio Cortázar
Original title62/Modelo para armar
TranslatorGregory Rabassa
LanguageSpanish
GenreExperimental, Antinovel
PublisherSudamericana
Publication date
1968
Publication placeArgentina
Published in English
1972
ISBN978-0-8112-1437-7
OCLC42935685
863 21
LC ClassPQ7797.C7145 S413 2000

Plot

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Characters

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  • Juan, Argentinean interpreter.
  • Hélène, anesthesiologist living in Paris.
  • Polanco, Argentinean. Inseparable friend of Calac.
  • Calac, Argentine writer. Inseparable friend of Polanco.
  • Tell, Danish.
  • Marrast, sculptor.
  • Nicole, illustrator.
  • Celia, 17-year-old French student.
  • Austin, young English lutenist; former anonymous neurotic.
  • Frau Marta, old Viennese lady.
  • Monsieur Ochs, doll maker.
  • Harold Haroldson, superintendent of The Courtauld Institute of Art.

References

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  1. ^ Maguhn, Aurora (1991). "Introducción". 62: modelo para armar, o el armado del sentido en Julio Cortázar. Equinoccio. p. 116. ISBN 9789802370429. Retrieved 12 February 2013.