Adolfo Bioy Casares was an Argentine fiction writer, journalist, and translator. Includes. I have read The Dream of Heroes (1954) and am eager to try The Invention of Morel (1940), perhaps his best known work. Translated from the Spanish, and with an introduction, by Suzanne Jill Levine. Biography. His works, often dismissed summarily as fantastic fiction, are now ripe for reassessment. Prólogo (1929, short stories) 17 disparos contra el porvenir (1933, short stories) La estatua casera (1936, short stories) Luis Greve, muerto (1937, short stories) La invención de Morel (1940, novel, trans. Best known as Jorge Luis Borges’s right-hand man, Adolfo Bioy Casares (1914–99) was, in his own right, an inventive writer of considerable skill. ENTREGA A DOMICILIO (OPCIONAL – CAP. He was a friend and collaborator with his fellow countryman Jorge Luis Borges, and wrote what many consider one of the best pieces of fantastic fiction, the novella The Invention of Morel. Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares, New Stories of H. Bustos Domecq . In Jorge Luis Borges’ short story ... (according to his longtime friend and biographer Adolfo Bioy Casares) while professing his own admiration for Baudelaire’s onetime friend, ... J.L. His father, Adolfo Bioy, descendant of a French family from Bearn (the southwestern region of France often in the background of his son’s stories), was the author of two volumes of memoirs. Adolfo Bioy Casares; Adolfo Bioy Casares (primary author only) Author division. A Russian Doll and Other Stories is the ninth collection of short fiction by one of this century's premier Argentinian writers who, with his fellow countrymen Julio Cortázar and Jorge Luis Borges, helped change the world's perception of Latin American literature. A Russian Doll & Other Stories book. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Adolfo Bioy Casares is composed of 21 names. The Book of Fantasy is the English translation of Antología de la Literatura Fantástica, an anthology of appromixately 81 fantastic short stories, fragments, excerpts, and poems edited by Jorge Luis Borges, Adolfo Bioy Casares, and Silvina Ocampo. On "The Invention of Morel and Other Stories" by Adolfo Bioy Casares **** I'm not sure how this book ended up on a list of titles I wanted to read. Adolfo Bioy Casares was born in Buenos Aires on September 15, 1914, the only child of wealthy parents. The Book of Fantasy is the English translation of Antología de la Literatura Fantástica, an anthology of appromixately 81 fantastic short stories, fragments, excerpts, and poems edited by Jorge Luis Borges, Adolfo Bioy Casares, and Silvina Ocampo. During his career, he wrote many novels and short story collections. I must have read somewhere that Casares was a friend and collaborator with Jorge Luis Borges. Combine with… You can examine and separate out names. His elegantly constructed works are oriented toward metaphysical possibilities and employ the fantastic to achieve their meanings. Whereas Borges's stories rarely clock in longer than about ten pages, Casares's pieces clock in around thirty, and The Invention of Morel itself is a novella. Bioy Casares, Adolfo 1914– Bioy Casares is an Argentinian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and screenwriter. Fiction by Adolfo Bioy Casares Translated by Suzanne Jill Levine The stories, chosen from various collections published from the mid-’50s to the late ’80s, is aptly divided into two parts, “The Labyrinth of Love” and “Adverse Miracles,” ample frames for the author’s amatory tales and wry magical realism. Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares, New Stories of H. Bustos Domecq . He began to write in the early thirties, and his stories appeared in the influential magazine Sur, through which he met his wife, the painter and… According to Bioy Casares, the anthology is “simply a compilation of stories from fantastic literature which seemed to us to be the best.” Culled from diverse sources ranging from Chinese ghost stories to contemporary issues of Weird Tales, the anthology features short stories, parables, extracts from novels, and even Zen koans. FED.) He passed away in 1999. Best known as Jorge Luis Borges’s right-hand man, Adolfo Bioy Casares (1914–99) was, in his own right, an inventive writer of considerable skill. The Invention of Morel) Seis problemas para don Isidro Parodi (1942, short stories, as H. Bustos Domecq, trans.