NMLP P-017394 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Blow-Up and Other Stories (orig. 'End of the Game and Other Stories')

Julio Cortázar (trans. Paul Blackburn) · Pantheon Books, New York · 1967

First-thus English selection, drawn from three earlier Spanish collections (Bestiario 1951, Final del juego 1956, Las armas secretas 1959). The 1967 Pantheon 'End of the Game' title is the priority issue; the 'Blow-Up' titling came after the Antonioni film's notoriety.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-017394 for "Blow-Up and Other Stories (orig. 'End of the Game and Other Stories')" by Julio Cortázar (trans. Paul Blackburn) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-017394, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).