- science fiction, Fiction, general, Spanish fiction, Spanish fiction--20th century
A fugitive hides on a deserted island somewhere in Polynesia. Tourists arrive, and his fear of being discovered becomes a mixed emotion when he falls in love with one of them. He wants to tell her his feelings, but an anomalous phenomenon keeps them apart. - Wikipedia
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Grave, intimate, open-ended and bleak.
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- intimateepic
- resolvedopen-ended
- warmbleak
- earnestironic
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- Author
- Adolfo Bioy Casares
- First published
- 1964
- Pages
- 237
- Publisher
- Univ of Texas Press, University of Texas Press, New York Review Books
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9780292738409
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Adolfo Bioy Casares (Buenos Aires, 15 de septiembre de 1914-Buenos Aires, 8 de marzo de 1999) fue un escritor argentino, considerado uno de los autores más importantes de su país y de la literatura en español, siendo traducido a más de dieciséis idiomas y galardonado con el Premio Cervantes en 1990. Colaboró en varias ocasiones con Jorge Luis Borges bajo distintos pseudónimos, y, en menor medida, con su propia esposa, la escritora Silvina Ocampo. En su obra frecuentó géneros como la literatura fantástica, el policial y la ciencia ficción, destacando las novelas *La invención de Morel* (1940), *El sueño de los héroes* (1954) y *Dormir al sol* (1973). ---------- Adolfo Bioy Casares (Buenos Air
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