by Adolfo Bioy Casares
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...
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...
Sometimes a great novel is easy to pass over for its simplicity, its small size, its apparent lack of a grand vision. A large, tumbling novel filled with a plethora of characters and intricate plot can pull a reader in and offer a variety of avenues to explore. Thus the temptation to quickly read Ad...
Magnífica historia escrita con precisión y un ritmo que viene dado por su forma: redactada a partir de anotaciones apresuradas y escasamente hiladas del protagonista. Escrito en un estado febril por momentos, y atemorizado en otros, vamos conociendo los acontecimientos tal y como los percibe el pers...
Es un gran libro, se merece todas las buenas críticas que recibe. Lo único que no terminó de gustarme fue que se nos terminan explicando los porques y comos de la historia, como un villano contando sus planes antes de matar al héroe. Pero es lo de menos, el resto del libro lo vale. Es una pena que s...
It's hard for me to rate a book in translation. I always feel that anything I might view as a shortcoming is the fault of the translator (fair or not). With that being said, I liked the second half of this little book much more than the first half. There was too much repetition throughout, which was...
Science Fiction. SCIENCE FICTION. SCIENCE FICTION. SCIENCE FICTION. There. Definitely worth reading, science fiction fans. Don't be put off by fear of the worst and most indulgent of magic realism*. This is a creepy, fascinating book. The reader will be way ahead of the narrator pretty quickly but t...
I wish I had read this when I was a bit younger so that I could have found great South American writers sooner. (Ah the joys of the American public school system!) It is a small piece that combines scifi/fantasy with excellent writing.
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