Wally That's incredible trivia! I love Cortazar and Rayuela is a great book. I am not familiar with Libro de Manuel, but ah bliss I have something new to search for. Ah the hunt. Thanks for the tip! I will look for two copies..
Paz > some of you may have heard of a novel called ''hopscotch'' [original title: > ''rayuela''] by argentine writer julio cortazar. in another novel, ''libro > de manuel'' [''manuel's book''] cortazar not only mentions joni mitchell > several times, but he also writes a whole poem dedicated to her. julio > cortazar is quite a heavy weight in international literature, so this was a > major tribute to joni. the novel is very hard to get, and i had to burn my > copy when the military took over and searched houses to fond ''subversive'' > literature [don quijote de la mancha, for example]. but if whoever finds the > book, maybe in spain or mexico, that person will find a lost gem. > i remember that the main character in ''libro de manuel'' was eagerly > awaiting the release of a joni mitchell album in paris [because of dates and > stuff, i assume it was ''blue'']. his left-wing comrades made lots of fun of > him because he was a Marxist that loved ''american'' music. later in the > book, the poem to joni mitchell begins ''joni mitchell, american baby...'' > i thought you might like to know this bit of trivia. > wallyK
