Autonauts of the Cosmoroute - A Timeless Voyage from Paris to Marseilles (Paperback, New)

"Anyone who doesn't read Cortazar is doomed."--Pablo Neruda

Autonauts of the Cosmoroute is a love story, an irreverent travelogue of elaborate tales and snapshots detailing Julio Cortazar and Carol Dunlop's thirty-three-day voyage on the Paris-Marseilles freeway in 1982. Uncovering the freeway's hidden underbelly, they push life and literature to surreal extremes. This shot of sun is a satire on modern travel and the great explorers, and an intimate look at one of the greatest literary spirits of our time.

Julio Cortazar (1914-1984) was a true giant of twentieth-century Latin American literature. He met and married Carol Dunlop in France in 1982.

Anne McLean has translated the work of Carmen Martin Gaite, Javier Cercas, Ignacio Padilla, Orlando Gonzales Esteva, and Luis Sepulveda, as well as other works of Julio Cortazar.