About the book: 1979 / The outstanding Argentine writer is known in the Soviet Union as the author of short stories, but it is Cortazar’s novels that make it possible to classify him as one of the generation of Latin American prose writers who conquered the continent’s world literature fame. The action of the novel contained in the volume takes place on board the ship, for some reason the passengers are not told where they are going, and everyone is faced with the question: to obey the will of the ship administration or still try to find out what caused the mysterious ban... The collection also publishes the stories “The Life of Chronops and Fams”, “The Pursuer”, “Reunion” and short stories. The works included in this collection were published in the original language before 1973.