A Manual for Manuel Signed First Edition Reference

Libro de Manuel (Sudamericana, 1973; English: Pantheon, 1978, as A Manual for Manuel, translated by Gregory Rabassa) is Cortázar’s most overtly political novel — incorporating real newspaper clippings about political repression alongside fictional narrative about a group of revolutionaries in Paris. Cortázar donated the prize money from the Médicis Prize (which the book won) to the Chilean resistance.

Signed Copy Market Values

• Signed Spanish first: $150–$400
• Signed English first: $75–$200
• Unsigned English first: $10–$25

The most politically engaged Cortázar novel — a document of the era’s revolutionary politics fused with his characteristic narrative experimentation.