
The Gates of Heaven
1951
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At eight o'clock José María came with the news, almost bluntly telling me that Celina had just died. I remember instantly recognizing the phrase, Celina just dying, a little as if she herself had decided the moment that should end. It was almost night and José María's lips trembled when he told me.
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Julio Cortazar
Author · 70 books
Julio Cortázar, born Julio Florencio Cortázar Descotte, was an Argentine author of novels and short stories. He influenced an entire generation of Latin American writers from Mexico to Argentina, and most of his best-known work was written in France, where he established himself in 1951.