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Autonauts of the Cosmoroute - Autonauts of the Cosmoroute is a love story, a travelogue, a collection of stories and snapshots, both visual and verbal, irreverent and brilliant. In May of 82, Julio Cortzar, literary explorer of the highest order, set out with Carol Dunlop aboard their VW camper van (a.k.a. Fafner) to explore the uncharted territory of the Paris-Marseilles freeway. It was a route theyd driven before, usually in about ten hours. This time, they loaded up with suppliesfood, water, wine, typewriters, camerasand prepared for an arduous voyage of thirty-three days without leaving the autoroute, at a rate of two rest stops per day. Along the way they would uncover the hidden side of the freeway and take the notion of literature from a serious game to a logical, surreal extreme.


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⚡️Book Title : Autonauts of the Cosmoroute
⚡Book Author : Julio Cortzar
⚡Page : 354 pages
⚡Published November 26th 2007 by Archipelago (first published 1983)

Autonauts of the Cosmoroute

Autonauts of the Cosmoroute is a love story, a travelogue, a collection of stories and snapshots, both visual and verbal, irreverent and brilliant. In May of 82, Julio Cortzar, literary explorer of the highest order, set out with Carol Dunlop aboard their VW camper van (a.k.a. Fafner) to explore the uncharted territory of the Paris-Marseilles freeway. It was a route theyd driven before, usually in about ten hours. This time, they loaded up with suppliesfood, water, wine, typewriters, camerasand prepared for an arduous voyage of thirty-three days without leaving the autoroute, at a rate of two rest stops per day. Along the way they would uncover the hidden side of the freeway and take the notion of literature from a serious game to a logical, surreal extreme.