La invención de Morel
Set in Paraguay, this offspring of a fantastic imagination is an achievement of realism with curiously surrealist overtones. "I don't think it would be an imprecision or a hyperbole to qualify it as perfect." —Jorge Luis Borges
Set in Paraguay, this offspring of a fantastic imagination is an achievement of realism with curiously surrealist overtones. "I don't think it would be an imprecision or a hyperbole to qualify it as perfect." —Jorge Luis Borges
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140260847 (0140260846)
ASIN: 140260846
Publish date: November 1st 1996
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 112
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Novels,
Science Fiction,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
20th Century,
Speculative Fiction,
Magical Realism,
Spanish Literature,
Latin American
The Invention of Morel was called many things – the first successful work of Adolfo Bioy Casares, an updated version of HG Wells’ The Island of Dr. Moreau (well, updated from a 1940’s standpoint), a great fable about the longing for immortality, a classic of modern fiction, and so on.In short and wi...
What on earth did I just read? Or was it just a projection of my mind?
Hoy, en esta isla, ha ocurrido un milagro.Así empieza una historia original, creativa y sufriblemente intrigante. Es difícil explicar qué pienso de La Invención de Morel sin adelantar los secretos que encierra la historia. Basicamente es el relato de un fugitivo de quién no se tiene mucho conocimien...
Trama: 4 estrellasEscritura: 1,5 estrellasVeamos, lo tuve que leer para el colegio y fue mortalmente aburrido. Se me hizo insoportable y solo por una razón: la escritura. La manera de abordar y relatar la historia fue algo que no podía digerir, sin importar mi esfuerzo. No avanzaba más, no terminaba...
The Invention of Morel is a treatment of the mysterious island plot with a characteristic South American flair for the bizarre. The narrator, trapped on an island, keeps a diary of his experiences: his love for Faustine, his opposition to Morel, and his continued discovery of a machine that can take...
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