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    A Study Guide for Julio Cortazar's "Axolotl"
    A Study Guide for Julio Cortazar's "Axolotl"
    A Study Guide for Julio Cortazar's "Axolotl"
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    A Study Guide for Julio Cortazar's "Axolotl"

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    A Study Guide for Julio Cortazar's "Axolotl," 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 6, 2016
    ISBN9781535818995
    A Study Guide for Julio Cortazar's "Axolotl"

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      A Study Guide for Julio Cortazar's "Axolotl" - Gale

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      Axolotl

      Julio Cortazar

      1956

      Introduction

      Julio Cortazar’s short story Axolotl, from his collection Final del juego (End of the Game, and Other Stories), has disturbed, perplexed, and delighted a growing number of devoted readers and critics since its publication in 1956. One of Cortazar’s most famous stories, it is told by a man who has been transformed into an axolotl, a species of salamander, after spending many hours watching axolotls in an aquarium. As an axolotl, the man still sees the human he used to be and hopes the human will write a story about a man who becomes an axolotl. Many critics find the axolotl’s final comment to be the pervading theme of Cortazar’s short fiction—that through art one can become another and communicate on behalf of all creatures, so that none may feel the terror of isolation and

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