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ISBN-10: 0979333008
ISBN-13: 9780979333002
Publisher: Archipelago Books
Publish Date: 11/26/2007
Dimensions: 8.00" L, 5.90" W, 1.20" H

Autonauts of the Cosmoroute: A Timeless Voyage from Paris to Marseilles

Translator: Anne McLean

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Price: $20.00

Overview

Autonauts of the Cosmoroute is a travelogue, a love story, an irreverent collection of visual and verbal snapshots. In May 1982, Julio Cortázar and Carol Dunlop climbed aboard Fafner, their VW camper van, and embarked on an exploration of the uncharted territory of the Paris-Marseilles freeway. It was a route they[d covered before, usually in about ten hours, but his time they loaded up with supplies and prepared for an ardous voyage of thirty-three days without leaving the autoroute. Along the way they would uncover the hidden side of the freeway and record The trip’s vital minutiae with light-hearted abandon. At roadside rest areas, armed with typewriters, cameras, and mutual affection, the authors composed this book.

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"Despite the unpromising terrain of the autoroute, they make interesting discoveries daily. Much of the travelogue is humorous, yet it's also a serious book about 'slow travel' in which they subvert the autoroute's efficiency and find adventure in unexpected places."
–Yaël Schlick, Toronto Star

"The journey undertaken by Cortázar and his wife and collaborator Carol Dunlop is quixotic in the largest sense. At one level, it is an adventure stood on its absurd head. At another, it is something graver–a mask of comedy concealing the enigma of an archaic smile."
–Richard Eder, The Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Driving a van that never leaves the motorway from Paris to Marseille, Dunlop and Cortázar explore a mysterious world full of car parks and botanical samples, crappy restaurants and their customers. A fascinating journal dedicated to 'all the weirdos in the world', it should take its place alongside Robert Louis Stevenson's travel diaries."
–Nicolas Bourriaud, Frieze

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Details

ISBN-10: 0979333008
ISBN-13: 9780979333002
Publisher: Archipelago Books
Publish Date: 11/26/2007
Dimensions: 8.00" L, 5.90" W, 1.20" H
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