In the fall of 2026, we will be bringing out the first of two volumes of the selected letters of Julio Cortázar. We are thrilled to add these volumes of vivid correspondence to our catalog. Cortázar’s writing is widely translated and deeply loved. We published his final book, the joyful travelogue Autonauts of the Cosmoroute in 2007, and we are seeking sponsors to help us print a new batch of our edition in time for the publication of the letters.
The journey undertaken by Cortázar and his wife and collaborator Carol Dunlop is quixotic in the largest sense. At one level, it is an adventure stood on its absurd head. At another, it is something graver—a mask of comedy concealing the enigma of an archaic smile.
—Richard Eder, The Los Angeles Times Book Review
