Adolfo Bioy Casares





Adolfo Bioy Casares

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born
August 15, 1914 in Buenos Aires, Argentina

died
March 08, 1999

gender
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Winner of the Gran Premio de Honor da Sociedad Argentina de Escritores (1975), the Cervantes Award (1990) and the Légion d’Honneur da França (1981), Adolfo Bioy Casares (Buneos Aires, 1914-1999) is one of the main writes of the XX century. Also a journalist and translator, he was a friend and collaborator with his fellow countryman Jorge Luis Borges, with whom he wrote six books and created the character H. Bustos Domecq.
He is best known for his novella, La Invención de Morel.


Average rating: 4.01 · 3,642 ratings · 371 reviews · 107 distinct works
The Invention of Morel
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Asleep in the Sun
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The Dream of Heroes
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Diary of the War of the Pig
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La Invención de Morel / El ...
4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 1940 — 2 editions
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Historias fantásticas
4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1976 — 9 editions
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A Russian Doll and Other St...
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1991 — 4 editions
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A Plan for Escape
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Selected Stories
4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions
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More books by Adolfo Bioy Casares…
“Life has now taught me that love for things, like all unrequited love, takes its toll in the long run.”
Adolfo Bioy Casares, Asleep in the Sun

“And the reason I am so nervous is that everything I do now is leading me to one of three possible futures... Which one will it be? Time alone will tell. But still I know that writing this diary can perhaps provide the answer; it may even help produce the right future.”
Adolfo Bioy Casares, The Invention of Morel

“The body is imaginary, and we bow to the tyranny of a phantom. Love is a privilege perception, the most total and lucid not only of the unreality of the world but of our own unreality: not only do we traverse a realm of shadows; but ourselves are shadows.”
Adolfo Bioy Casares

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