Hopscotch Author:Cortazar, Julio Hopscotch is called the first great novel of Spanish America. This is a novel of Bohemian life in Paris and Buenos Aires. Horacio Oliveira is a man to whom exceptional things happen, whether he is among his circle of arist-philosopher friends in France or working odd jobs in Sotuh America. He astonishing adventures take him from a decadent ex... more »istence as a writer and creature of leisure to a darker one as an attendent in an insane asylum.« less