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 Morelhas 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
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ASIN : 1590170571
Publisher : NYRB Classics; Main edition (15 Sept. 2003)
Language : English
Paperback : 120 pages
ISBN-10 : 9781590170571
ISBN-13 : 978-1590170571
Dimensions : 12.7 x 0.74 x 20.32 cm
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