Adolfo Bioy Casares
Borges, Fiction and Art
Format:Hardback
Publisher:University of Wales Press
Published:30th Dec '12
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Best known as Jorge Luis Borges's right-hand man, Adolfo Bioy Casares (1914-1999) was, in his own right, an inventive writer of considerable skill. His works, often dismissed summarily as fantastic fiction, are now ripe for reassessment. This volume looks at Bioy's extensive oeuvre which offers many surprising reflections on the twentieth century's cultural, social and political transformations, both in Argentina and farther afield. Topics covered include Bioy's meditations on isolation and logic, and his enduring fascination with the impact of photography on all artistic representation.
"Lifelong friend and literary partner of Jorge Luis Borges, Adolfo Bioy Casares stands undoubtedly among the finest Argentine writers of the Twentieth Century. Fundamental to the development of fantastic genre and science fiction in the Rio de la Plata, his prose has been somehow neglected until recently by audiences outside Latin America. In 'Adolfo Bioy Casares. Borges, Fiction and Art', a group of leading scholars on Latin American Literature examines the full range of Bioy Casares' work through illuminating essays, offering a detailed historical, political and cultural contextualization of one of the finest author's from Argentina." Professor Florencia Garramuno, University of San Andres
ISBN: 9780708325377
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256 pages