Upon learning that his childhood friend is returning, one character in this work kicks at a cat and proclaims that "life was a perfect fuckup." That character comforts his wife when she says "I don't want to be anybody's zombie." In a scene from this novel, a character straightens out nails for no reason, then asks for straight nails and some yerba to make a bridge between two buildings. That character was arrested after having sex with a homeless woman named Emmanuele, and was once a member of a group called the (*) "Serpent Club". He spirals into insanity, mistaking Traveler's wife Talita fo
Upon learning that his childhood friend is returning, one character in this work kicks at a cat and proclaims that "life was a perfect fuckup." That character comforts his wife when she says "I don't want to be anybody's zombie." In a scene from this novel, a character straightens out nails for no reason, then asks for straight nails and some yerba to make a bridge between two buildings. That character was arrested after having sex with a homeless woman named Emmanuele, and was once a member of a group called the (*) "Serpent Club". He spirals into insanity, mistaking Traveler's wife Talita for his own vanished lover, La Maga, and watches Talita in the courtyard of a mental asylum playing the title game. For 10 points, name this book about Horacio Oliveira by Julio Cortazar, whose chapters can be read in a variety of orders.
Upon learning that his childhood friend is returning, one character in this work kicks at a cat and proclaims that "life was a perfect fuckup.
Hopscotch [or Rayuela]