Credible Source Day!

I figured that all sources that I would find on our library resources would be somewhat credible, so I decided to take my chances with Google. Here is a really interesting interview I found with Cortazar in 1973. The author, audience, etc. all check out so I have figured it's ok! It gives a lot of his inspiration.. such as Borges, Onetti, LENIN, etc. Ha ha.

Also, I found this very interesting:

"And then I discovered that Rayuela was destined for youth and not men of my age. I never would have imagined that when I wrote it. Why? Why was it the young who found something that impressed them, that made an impact on them? I believe it's because there is no lesson in Rayuela. Young people don't like to be given lessons. Adults accept certain ones; youngsters don't. There they found their own questions..."

Rayuela is his book Hopscotch. Not only did that make me want to read it even more, but it also supports the fact that he thinks in terms of circularity.

" There are people who write as a contribution to the modification of reality. I know that modifying reality is an infinitely slow and difficult undertaking. My books do not function in that sense. A philosopher develops a philosophical system convinced that it is the truth and will modify reality because he supposes he's right. A sociologist establishes a theory. A politician also pretends to change the world. My case is much more modest. Let's say Oliveira is speaking: let's return to one of the constant themes in Rayuela. I am firmly convinced, each day more profoundly, that we are embarked on the wrong road. That is to say that humanity took the wrong path."

I'll definitely try to fit this in my essay.
http://www.centerforbookculture.org/interviews/interview_cortazar.html

Julia