Julio Cortázar was born in Belgium in 1914 to Argentine parents. One of the true giants of twentieth-century literature, Cortazar was a tireless defender of Latin American self-determination.
We could do nothing but stand there, quench the thirst for that color, that texture, suprised at finding that such emotion can still be born of a flower, and feeling a little silly at having no other possible reaction that saying oh, how lovely. And walking off to the motel room, key in hand.
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