“62: A Model Kit”: A Situationist novel by Julio Cortázar
... political reorientations in connection with the aggravation of the political situation in Latin America (the military dictatorship in Argentina, the socialist revolution in Cuba). Political events in Europe at this time, particularly the student riots of May 1968, were reflected in the almanack “Last Round” (1969). However, beyond the general socio-political context, typological and contact links are discovered between the Situationists and Cortázar. The novel “62: A Model Kit” describes a group ...