Etiqueta: France
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Paris: The Cortazar Route, pt. 4
Saint Michel Subway Station “To me, the subway was always a transition place. I only need to go down to the subway to enter a completely different logical category… logical categories where time awareness is transformed. One makes this wild discovery that, when distracted, one experiences the sensation of living in a time that has…
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Paris: The Cortazar Route, pt. 3
Café Old Navy Address: 150 Boulevard Saint-Germain, 75006 “Somebody told me in Paris that he used to write in the Old Navy Café, in the Saint Germain boulevard, and there I waited for him for a few weeks until I saw him enter like a hallucination. He was the tallest man imaginable, with the face of…
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Paris: The Cortázar Route, pt. 2
Julio Cortázar was a writer. He wrote novels, short stories, translations and letters. Lots and lots of letters. He never wanted to write an autobiography, but he left so many letters behind, that we don’t actually need an autobiography. He also made clear that he did not like «literary letters». Back in 1942 he said…
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Paris: The Cortazar Route, pt. 1
So I went to Paris. As I sit here with my cup of coffee, I can’t help but think that the Cortazar route was one of the best travel ideas that I’ve had. It allowed me to see Paris from a whole different perspective and to enjoy some city corners that are frequented by the…
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Looking for Julio in Paris
Recently, I found myself in a constant hurry because I had an exam coming and it occurred to me to also take an intensive French course. Today I can tell you I learned three important things: The level of difficulty of the third French course is incredibly higher compared to the one of the second…
Paola NV 