The Invention of Morel (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Adolfo Bioy Casares
- First Published: 1940
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—utopia
- Time of Work: The twentieth century
- Setting: The Ellice or Lagoon Islands in the Pacific Ocean
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction, Fantasy, Utopian fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Twentieth century, Islands, Holography, Pacific Ocean, Paranoia
- Locales: Islands
The Plot
The narrator, an unnamed Venezuelan fugitive unjustly found guilty for an unknown crime, has taken refuge on an unnamed desert island. He has come to this island, known for a strange disease that ate away the bodies of an expedition of people in 1924, on the advice of a rug salesman in Calcutta. He has explored the ruins of the buildings left by the group. His solitude is broken suddenly by the appearance of a group of strangers who do not see or hear him. He slowly comes to realize that they have no consciousness of his existence. The narrator is particularly fond of...
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