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‘Hopscotch’ by Julio Cortázar
Oftentimes, when I ask an author who they’d like to discuss, they ask if anyone has picked Cortázar yet. The Argentinian’s Hopscotch isn’t the most widely read book, but among novelists, its influence is enormous. According to the author, the chapters of the 1963 novel are to be read in two different prescribed orders, and then upon a third reading, in any order at all. There really isn’t any other book like it, and every author seems to love it.