A young girl spends her summer vacation in a country house where a tiger roams...A man reading a mystery finds out too late that he is the murderer's victim...In the stories collected here -- including 'Blow-Up;' on which Antonioni based his film -- Julio Cortazar explores the boundary where the everyday meets the mysterious, perhaps even the terrible. This is the most brilliant and celebrated book of short stories by a master of the form. Praise for Blow-Up and Other Stories: '[Cortazar] is a unique storyteller. He can induce the kind of chilling unease that strikes like a sound in the night:' -- Time 'Julio Cortazar is a stunning writer. It is difficult to imagine how he could improve as a writer of short stories:' -- The Christian Science Monitor 'A glittering showcase for a daring talent....Julio Cortazar is a dazzler:' -- William Hogan, The San Francisco Chronicle 'A first-class literary imagination at work:' -- The New York Times Book Review