Adolfo Bioy Casares Works Novels Books Of Stories

Bioy Casares was born in Buenos Aires. He wrote his first story ("Iris y Margarita") at the age of 11. He was a friend and frequent collaborator of Jorge Luis Borges and wrote many stories with him under the pseudonym of H. Bustos Domecq. Bioy Casares and Borges were introduced in 1932 by Victoria Ocampo, whose sister, writer Silvina Ocampo, Bioy Casares was to marry in 1940. Their only child, Marta, was born in 1954.

His best known novel is La invención de Morel. It is the story about a man who, evading justice, escapes to an island which was said to be infected with a mysterious fatal disease. While struggling to comprehend why everything seemed to repeat, he realized that all the people he saw there were actually recordings made with a special machine invented by Morel which was able to record not only three dimensional images, but also the voices and the smell making it indistinguishable to reality - the original Holodeck? The story mixes realism, fantasy, science fictionScience fiction generally speaking, is a form of speculative fiction which deals principally with the impact of imagined science and/or technology upon society or individuals. There are, perhaps, exceptions to (or at least, some very unusual examples of) and terrorFor the period of the French Revolution, see its more formal name, the Reign of Terror. For the state of pronounced fear, see terror. For historical and popular terms referring to violence (especially against civilians, whether prominent or not) that is i.

He won several awards, including the Gran Premio de Honor of SADE (the Argentine society of writers, 1975Events January January 1 Watergate scandal: John N. Mitchell, H. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up and are sentenced to 30 months to 8 years in jail on February 21 January 5 The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, i), the FrenchThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. Légion d'honneurThe Legion d'honneur (in English: Legion of Honor is an Order of Chivalry awarded by the President of France. First instituted by Emperor Napoleon I on May 19, 1802, it is one of the most prestigious French awards and the country's highest civilian honor. ( 1981Events January-February January Sarawak Chamber found January 1 Greece enters the EEC January 1 Palau becomes self-governing January 4 Sheffield police arrests Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper January 16 Protestant gunmen shoot and wound Bernadette D), the title of Illustrious Citizen of Buenos Aires ( 19861986 is a common year starting on Wednesday. Events January January 1 Spain and Portugal enter the European Community January 1 Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands and is separated from the Netherlands Antilles. January 9 After losing a pa), and the Premio Miguel de Cervantes (awarded to him in 1991 in Alcalá de Henares).

1 Works

1.1 Novels

La invención de Morel (1940, translated into English as The Invention of Morel, BooksEnthsiast.com)
Plan de evasión (1945, translated into English as A Plan for Escape, BooksEnthsiast.com)
El sueño de los héroes (1954, translated into English as Dream of Heroes, BooksEnthsiast.com)
Diario de la guerra del cerdo (1969, translated into English as Diary of the War of the Pig, BooksEnthsiast.com)
Dormir al Sol (1973, translated into English 1978 as Asleep in the Sun, BooksEnthsiast.com)
La aventura de un fotógrafo en La Plata (1985, translated into English as The Adventures of a Photographer in La Plata, BooksEnthsiast.com)
Un campeón desparejo (A Fragile Champion, 1993)

1.2 Books of Stories

Prólogo (Prologue, 1929)
17 disparos contra el porvenir (17 Shots Against the Future, 1933)
La estatua casera (The Household Statue, 1936)
La trama celeste (The Celestial Plot, 1948)
Luis Greve, muerto (Luis Greve, Deceased, 1937)
Las vísperas de Fausto (Faust's Eve, 1949)
Historia prodigiosa (A Remarkable History, 1956)
Guirnalda con amores (Guirnalda with Loves1959)
El lado de la sombra (The Shady Side, 1962)
El gran serafín (The Great Seraph, 1967)
El héroe de las mujeres (The Hero and the Women, 1978)
Historias desaforadas (Colossal Stories, 1986)

Generally, these Spanish-language collections have not been systematically translated into English. English language collections include:

The Russian Doll and Other Stories (BooksEnthsiast.com)
Selected Stories (BooksEnthsiast.com)

1.3 Letters

En viaje (Travelling, 1996), letters to Silvina

1.4 Works in collaboration

1.4.1 With Jorge Luis Borges

Seis problemas para don Isidro Parodi (1942, translated into English as Six Problems for Don Isidro Parodi, BooksEnthsiast.com)
Dos fantasías memorables (Two Memorable Fantasies, 1946)
Un modelo para la muerte (A Model for Death, 1946)
Crónicas de Bustos Domecq (1967, translated into English as Chronicles of Bustos Domecq, BooksEnthsiast.com)
Libro del cielo y del infierno, (The Book of Heaven and Hell, 1960)
Nuevos cuentos de Bustos Domecq (New Stories by Bustos Domecq, 1977)

Dos fantasías memorables and Un modelo para la muerte were originally published in private printings of only 300 copies. The first commercial printings were in 1970.

1.4.2 With Silvina Ocampo

Los que aman, nunca odian (Those Who Love, Never Hate, 1946)

1.5 Screenplays

1.5.1 With Jorge Luis Borges

Los Orilleros (1955, The Hoodlums) El Paraíso de los Creyentes (1955, The Paradise of the Believers)

2 External link

Spanish-language page on Bioy Casares, including links to some passages from his works

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