La Maga

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La Maga is a mysterious, free-spirited woman who embodies emotional intuition and existential uncertainty in Julio Cortázar’s novel "Rayuela" ("Hopscotch").

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Predicate Object
instanceOf female character
fictional character
literary character
appearsIn Hopscotch
Rayuela
appearsInGenre Latin American literature
experimental fiction
novel
appearsInMovement Boom Latinoamericano
linked to: Latin American Boom
associatedWithCharacter Horacio Oliveira
associatedWithTheme alienation
chance and fate
existentialism
fragmented identity
love
search for meaning
characterTrait emotionally sensitive
free-spirited
intuitive
mysterious
spontaneous
unconventional
countryOfOrigin Uruguay
createdBy Julio Cortázar
describedAs childlike
enigmatic
improvisational
gender female
hasChild Rocamadour
languageOfCharacter Spanish
memberOf Club de la Serpiente
narrativeFunction catalyst for existential reflection
counterpoint to Horacio Oliveira’s intellectualism
embodiment of lived experience
nationality Uruguayan
relationshipWith lover of Horacio Oliveira
roleInWork central character
protagonist’s lover
settingOfCharacter Buenos Aires
Paris
symbolizes anti-intellectualism
emotional intuition
existential uncertainty
freedom
irrationality
workPublishedInYear 1963

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