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The Invention of Morel
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The Invention of Morel is a romantic classic in which passion triumphs over convention, a surrealist classic in which imagination triumphs over reality, a science fiction classic in which technology triumphs over time, and a mystery story whose fantastic resolution always plays fair with the reader.
Is corporeality necessary for human personality? Is community possible even in isolation? Can love survive death and--perhaps what is worse--complete indifference? Bioy Casares novel addresses all of these questions.
Not bad for a little book not quite one hundred pages long.
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The Invention of Morel is a romantic classic in which passion triumphs over convention, a surrealist classic in which imagination triumphs over reality, a science fiction classic in which technology triumphs over time, and a mystery story whose fantastic resolution always plays fair with the reader.
Is corporeality necessary for human personality? Is community possible even in isolation? Can love survive death and--perhaps what is worse--complete indifference? Bioy Casares novel addresses all of these questions.
Not bad for a little book not quite one hundred pages long.
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February 11, 2009
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Jul 19, 2013 07:46AM
Oh, Mr. Kerwin you read this book too! And certainly it's a romantic classic.
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One of the best reviews that marries economy with substance! Well penned, Bill!
Seemita wrote: "One of the best reviews that marries economy with substance! Well penned, Bill!"Thank you!
I liked your review despite not understanding a single word of it :) .
Wreade1872 wrote: "I liked your review despite not understanding a single word of it :) ."Thanks for the compliment!? (I think...)
Great review. Regards from Argentina.
I added this book to my to-read list, because of your intriguing review.
I suppose you have hear the legend that there was no Jorge Luis Borges, that he was made up by Bioy Casares who not only wrote all his books, but invented his person and hired an actor to play him when necessary.
Dirk wrote: "I suppose you have hear the legend that there was no Jorge Luis Borges, that he was made up by Bioy Casares who not only wrote all his books, but invented his person and hired an actor to play him ..."No I hadn't heard it. Thanks for telling me. It is a great story. And that actor playing Borges was superb!
Dirk wrote: "I suppose you have hear the legend that there was no Jorge Luis Borges, that he was made up by Bioy Casares who not only wrote all his books, but invented his person and hired an actor to play him ..."Hahaha... funny, weird and improbable...
Have you ever watched the TV series LOST? They took Morel, updated the technology and ran it over six years. I doubt Casares estate saw much of the lucre.
BlackOxford wrote: "Have you ever watched the TV series LOST? They took Morel, updated the technology and ran it over six years. I doubt Casares estate saw much of the lucre."And Bioy took the idea from Verne's "The castle of the Carpatians"
But he does credit Island of Dr. Moreau.
BlackOxford wrote: "But he does credit Island of Dr. Moreau."Of course. That book, too.
Superb review. Added to my wishlist. Thanks for bringing this to my attention!
Good questions, and Bioy raises them so well, but lets us make up our own minds.
