Cortazar's The Pursuer

I absolutely loved this story. By far the most inteesting, for me. I love how you see this life of excess and tragedy through a self-righteous gaze. it remnded me a lot of the movie and novel The Talented Mr. Ripley. When Bruno was trying to get feedback about his book near the end and they were by the river I got the feeling who would try to kill Johnny maybe.

So, basically, I thought it was very international. It refers to a lot of different locations, and I feel like there's a sort of modern clarity to the language. There's also a sort of clean/orderly/matter-of-fact element that works well with the narrator being a journalist. I always like stories told through a sort of side character.It was like a jazz Gatsby.

I tried to take notes throughout the text, but it's difficult to react to because I just enjoyed it so much. The past is referenced in a way that seamlessly provides background information. The characters are also really interesting, absolutely all of them. I like how a lot of detail is paid to clothing and setting. It's important in fiction, but also a journalistic technique for establishing a scene, and it really works well with this story. I just saw the Runaways movie (haha!) so this kind of read like a very good behind-the-music movie. Cannot wait to learn more about it in class.