El Entierro de Cortázar

"El Entierro de Cortázar" (Cortázar's Burial) is a short story by Argentine author Julio Cortázar that blends realism with surrealism. It depicts a funeral where the narrator observes the strange, almost ritualistic behavior of attendees and staff, emphasizing themes of memory, death, and the passage of time. The story uses vivid imagery and symbolic details to explore how personal and collective grief is experienced and expressed. Cortázar’s precise language invites reflection on mortality and the ways in which society processes loss, making the mundane act of a funeral resonate with deeper symbolic meaning.