Lunches - Almuerzos (Julio Cortázar, Cronopios y Famas)
Lunches
In the Cronopios' restaurants this kind of things happens, namely that a Fama ask with deep concentration a steak with fries, and the Fama is dumbfounded when the Cronopio-waiter asks how many fries he wants.
-How "how many"?- shouts Fama- You must bring my fries, and that is all, what a fuck!
-Here we offer seven, thirty-two or ninety-eight portions fries - explains the Cronopio waiter.
Fama meditate on a moment, and the result from his meditation is to say to Cronopio:
-Look, my friend, go to hell.
For Famas's surprise, Cronopio follows his command immediately, that means, Cronopio disappears as he was blown by the wind. Of course, Fama will never know where the hell is located, and probably Cronopio neither, but anyway, the lunch is far from being a success.
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Lunches - Almuerzos (Julio Cortázar, Cronopios y Famas)
LunchesIn the Cronopios' restaurants, this kind of things happens, namely that a Fama will ask with deep concentration for a steak with fries, and the Fama is dumbfounded when the Cronopio-waiter asks how many fries he wants.
-"How how many?"- shouts the Fama- You must " Just bring me my fries, and that's all. What the fuck!"
-"Here we offer seven, thirty-two or ninety-eight portions fries" - explains the Cronopio waiter.
Fama will meditate on that for a moment, and the result from his meditation is to say to Cronopio:
-"Look, my friend. Go to hell."
To Famas's surprise, Cronopio follows his command immediately. Meaning Cronopio disappears as if he was blown by the wind. Of course Fama will never know where that hell is located, and Cronopio probably won't either. But anyway, the lunch is far from being a success.
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Thank you Angela! Julio Cortázar is one of my favorites writers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuidad_de_los_parques
This is my favorite short storie, I couldn't find the english version but at least you can read the plot in wikipedia :)
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I've never read any Julio Cortázar, he sounds like a literary David Lynch! Awesome stuff.
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