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The Invention of Morel (New York Review Books Classics)
by Adolfo Bioy Casares

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Jorge Luis Borges declared The Invention of Morel a masterpiece of plotting, comparable to The Turn of The Screw and Journey to the Center of the Earth. Set on a mysterious island, Bioy's novella is a story of suspense and exploration, as well as a wonderfully unlikely romance, in which every detail is at once crystal clear and deeply mysterious. Inspired by Bioy Casares's fascination with the movie star Louise Brooks, The Invention of Morel has gone on to live a secret life of its own. Greatly admired by Julio Cortazar, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Octavio Paz, the novella helped to usher in Latin American fiction's now famous postwar boom. As the model for Alain Resnais and Alain Robbe-Grillet's Last Year in Marienbad, it also changed the history of film.

Synopsis:

Jorge Luis Borges declared The Invention of Morel a masterpiece of plotting, comparable to The Turn of The Screw and Journey to the Center of the Earth. Set on a mysterious island, Bioy's novella is a story of suspense and exploration, as well as a wonderfully unlikely romance, in which every detail is at once crystal clear and deeply mysterious.

Inspired by Bioy Casares's fascination with the movie star Louise Brooks, The Invention of Morel has gone on to live a secret life of its own. Greatly admired by Julio Cortá zar, Gabriel Garcí a Má rquez, and Octavio Paz, the novella helped to usher in Latin American fiction's now famous postwar boom. As the model for Alain Resnais and Alain Robbe-Grillet's Last Year in Marienbad, it also changed the history of film.

Synopsis:

Set on a mysterious island, Bioy's novella is a story of suspense and exploration, as well as a wonderfully unlikely romance, in which every detail is at once crystal clear and deeply mysterious.

Synopsis:

Key Notes- A masterpiece of plotting comparable to The Turn of the Screw- Influenced a generation of Latin American novelists, including Cortazar, Borges, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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leah wu, May 3, 2008 (view all comments by leah wu)
This is a really good book. A little slow to get into, but when things turn weird there are a lot of questions to be answered, and the brilliance of the conclusion is amazing. A very good thinker, and a quick read.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781590170571
Translator:
Levine, Susan Jill
Introduction:
Borges, Jorge Luis
Translator:
Simms, Ruth L. C.
Translator:
Levine, Susan Jill
Introduction:
Borges, Jorge Luis
Author:
Bioy Casares, Adolfo
Author:
Casares, Adolfo Bioy
Publisher:
New York Review of Books
Subject:
General
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Suspense
Subject:
FICTION / Literary
Series:
New York Review Books Classics
Publication Date:
September 2003
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
120
Dimensions:
8.00x5.04x.36 in. .32 lbs.
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