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| title = Hopscotch
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| caption = First edition cover
| author = Julio Cortázar
| central theme = the journey of searching for oneself
| elevator pitch = a literary excersise exploring the lives and relastionships of a group of exiled writers and intellectuals.
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| publication date = June 28, 1963
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The "main" storyline involves Horacio Oliveira, an Argentine writer and lover of metaphysics living in Paris. Despite (or because of) his immense knowledge, Horacio devotes his time to philosophical acrobatics with the loosely-knit Serpent Club, and wandering around Paris with his [[The Muse|Muse]], the strange and mysterious La Maga. Interspersed with Horacio's journey to find the absolute are chapters about the author Morelli, whose work a perennial fascination to the Club, yet is troubled by his own literary conundrum. After a series of bizarre events and reflections, Horacio decides to return to Argentina, where he is reunited with his old friend Traveller. There, he begins work first as a circus helper, then in lunatic asylum, all the while sinking into an existential maelstrom.
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[[I Thought It Meant|Not to be confused with]]
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