{"product_id":"9781590170571","title":"The Invention of Morel by Casares, Adolfo Bioy","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eorge Luis Borges declared \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Invention of Morel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a masterpiece of plotting, comparable to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Turn of The Screw\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eJourney to the Center of the Earth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Set on a mysterious island, Bioy's novella is a story of suspense and exploration, as well as a wonderfully unlikely romance, in which every detail is at once crystal clear and deeply mysterious.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInspired by Bioy Casares's fascination with the movie star Louise Brooks, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Invention of Morel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehas gone on to live a secret life of its own. Greatly admired by Julio Cortázar, Gabriel García Márquez, and Octavio Paz, the novella helped to usher in Latin American fiction's now famous postwar boom. As the model for Alain Resnais and Alain Robbe-Grillet's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLast Year in Marienbad\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, it also changed the history of film.\u003c\/span\u003eAuthor: Casares, Adolfo Bioy\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 31 August 2003 by New York Review Books (NYRB Classics) in the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 120 pages\u003cbr\u003e204 x 132 x 7 | 128g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Book Nook","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58249462841725,"sku":"9781590170571","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0539\/6525\/8945\/files\/9781590170571.jpg?v=1780588185","url":"https:\/\/www.booknookshop.co.uk\/fr\/products\/9781590170571","provider":"The Book Nook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}