I find this story to be perfection. All the elements work toward the desired effect of the story. It takes down the fourth wall and places the reader in the tale. It’s very tightly woven so I cannot say anything about the story without allowing the reader to feel the warmth surface from within as they come to the conclusion.
First published in Spanish in his collection titled Final del juego, 1964. It was translated into English in End of the Game and Other Stories, 1967 – later editions called Blow-Up and Other Stories; also in the Everyman’s Library Cortázar edition, 2014
A Personal Anthology 