Published in 1974, *Octaedro* occupies a privileged place within the cycle of short story collections with which Julio Cortázar (1914-1984) established his personal obsessions and those of the time he inhabited. The eight stories that compose it are eight faces of a clear polyhedron that the Argentine writer drew with a language closely tailored to the special nature of each story, seeking that difficult unity within diversity that grants exceptionality to a volume of stories.
Published in 1974, *Octaedro* occupies a privileged place within the cycle of short story collections with which Julio Cortázar (1914-1984) established his personal obsessions and those of the time he inhabited. The eight stories that compose it are eight faces of a clear polyhedron that the Argentine writer drew with a language closely tailored to the special nature of each story, seeking that difficult unity within diversity that grants exceptionality to a volume of stories.