Name: The Invention of Morel (New York Review Books Classics)
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Author: Adolfo Bioy Casares
ISBN: 9781590170571

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The Invention of Morel (New York Review Books Classics)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Adolfo Bioy Casares

Introduction by

Suzanne Jill Levine

Translated by

Ruth L. C. Simms

Publisher

New York Review of Books

Year

2003

Language

English

Pages

120

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.3 x 13.2 x 0.8 cm

Weight

0.14 kg.

ISBN

1590170571

ISBN13

9781590170571

Edition No.

Synopsis "The Invention of Morel (New York Review Books Classics) "

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 Cortázar, Gabriel García Márquez, 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.

Adolfo Bioy Casares

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Adolfo Bioy Casares was born in Buenos Aires on September 15, 1914. Dedicated from a young age to literature, the publication of The Invention of Morel in 1940 marks the beginning of a vast literary career that he unfolded in short stories, novels, essays, diaries, and collaborative works with his wife, the writer Silvina Ocampo, and Jorge Luis Borges. Some of his most notable works include Plan de Evasión, El sueño de los héroes, Diario de la guerra del cerdo, Dormir al sol, La trama celeste, Historias desaforadas, Una muñeca rusa, and Una magia modesta. Decorated as a Knight of the Legion of Honor, he received, among other awards, the Municipal Literature Prize, the National Literature Prize, the Honor Prize from the Argentine Writers Society, the International Alfonso Reyes Prize, and the Cervantes Prize. He died in Buenos Aires on March 8, 1999.

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