("The Autonauts of the Cosmoroute") is a book written by

Julio Cortázar Julio Florencio Cortázar (26 August 1914 – 12 February 1984; ) was an Argentine, nationalized French novelist, short story writer, essayist, and translator. Known as one of the founders of the Latin American Boom, Cortázar influenced an ent ...

in collaboration with

Carol Dunlop Carol Dunlop (April 2, 1946 – November 2, 1982) was a Canadian writer, translator, activist and photographer. She is best known for being the co-author, with her husband the Argentine writer Julio Cortázar, of the book ''The Autonauts of t ...

, who died shortly before it was published. It narrates the couple's extended expedition along the autoroute from

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...

during the months of May and June 1982.

Publication

The book was written by the authors in Spanish- and French-language versions, which were published simultaneously. An English-language translation (as ''Autonauts of the Cosmoroute'') was published by Archipelago Books in the U.S. in 2007, and Telegram books in the U.K. in 2008.

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Lost in Paris with Julio Cortázar and Carol Dunlop (Time: 8:40)
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