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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Un libro atrapante
Primero y principal, aquellas personas que se encuentren interesadas en este libro deben saber que fue escrito en 1940. Desde esa perspectiva podemos darnos cuenta que la trama describe claramente lo que hoy en día se conoce como realidad virtual. Este aspecto ya resulta fascinante, pero eso no es todo. Bioy Casares se propuso escribir una novela que conservara el...
Published on October 10, 2000 by Damian E. Vila

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2.0 out of 5 stars written by a reader
The book was all written by the previous reader, and that difficulted my reading a lot.
Published on October 30, 2008 by Elisa Montesinos


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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Un libro atrapante, October 10, 2000
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This review is from: La invención de Morel (Paperback)
Primero y principal, aquellas personas que se encuentren interesadas en este libro deben saber que fue escrito en 1940. Desde esa perspectiva podemos darnos cuenta que la trama describe claramente lo que hoy en día se conoce como realidad virtual. Este aspecto ya resulta fascinante, pero eso no es todo. Bioy Casares se propuso escribir una novela que conservara el ritmo y llamara el interés del lector. En este punto es comparable con muchos buenos libros policiales de la época. Para lograr este resultado sostuvo una serie de entrevistas con Jorge Luis Borges, quien lo asesoró en diversos aspectos del desarrollo (además escribió el prologo que acompañó al libro en numerosas ediciones). Por otro lado el libro también trata de una fuga y de la soledad que debe soportar un hombre, quien siendo libre se encuentra aún más atrapado que dentro de una carcel. Esta paradoja hace de este libro uno de los mejores ejemplo de una novela de ficción que se hayan producido en Argentina. El desenlace es tan inesperado como original y la prosa empleada es tan maravillosa que el libro se desarrolla como una película dentro de la mente del lector. Se trata de uno de esos libros que desearíamos volver a leer, por su excelente construcción y su calidad única. Altamente recomendable.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A perfect mix of love, intrigue, and sci-fi, July 25, 1996
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This review is from: La invención de Morel (Paperback)
Bioy Casares tackled what few other Latin-American authors have: sci-fi. But this is not you average ray-gun-set-for- stun story. By keeping all the sci-fi on the background and concentrating on the story, Casares weaved a delightful and sometimes heart-aching plot. Our protagonist escapes the Mafia only to be stranded on an island where everything is not what it seems, if it is there at all! Certain to keep you on the edge of your seat, this novel could be read in one sitting, and most probably you will.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Nuevo mito sobre lo que ya es un viejo tema..., December 17, 2008
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W.W. (Detroit, sucka.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: La invención de Morel (Paperback)
Logra recrear un nuevo mito sobre lo que ya es un viejo tema: la deshumanización. Tiene mucho en común temáticamente con The Island of Dr. Moreau, en el sentido de que los carácteres no se convierten en monstruos sino fantamas proyectados por una máquina. El narrador se enamora de una de los fantasmas, confundiendo su propia falta de alma con el obejto de su deseo. Y se le pierde la humanidad.
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4.0 out of 5 stars One of the classics of modern Latin American Fiction., December 3, 2008
This review is from: La invención de Morel (Paperback)
A fugitive, persecuted by the Venezuelan authorities, escapes to a deserted and remote island. The island had construction done in 1924: a museum, a chapel, and a swimming pool. The structures are abandoned since, and the island is almost unapproachable due to numerous reefs that prevents boats to approach it.

There is a legend that people who go there will be infected by a strange disease that kills you from the outside in: you lose your nails, your hair, your skin dies, your corneas fall, and the body will be dead in eight to fifteen days. With these legends, the fugitive feels it is the perfect place to hide.

Helped by an Italian who sell rugs, the fugitive manages to reach the island in a small rowing boat.

Soon he discovers that he is not alone on the island. There are other human beings coexisting on the island. The fugitive man spies on them, follows then around, and listens to their conversations.

Soon it becomes clear that there is a mystery--the confines of reality vs. hallucination.

He falls in love with Faustine, a beautiful young woman who likes to sun bathe near him. But as he gains the courage to interact with these characters, he realizes that they are not real. They've been created by Mr. Morell through a series of cameras and recording devices.

As he tries to search for the source of the images, he discovers that they are more than images...

With a perfect plot, mysticism, and originality of the issues in which the action takes place--this is one of the classics of modern Latin American Fiction.
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5.0 out of 5 stars This author is a visionary, March 18, 1999
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This review is from: La invención de Morel (Paperback)
He is ahead of the future, because he gives the best description of today's virtual reality. Love is always present on his books, and so is on this one.
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A masterpiece, August 30, 1999
This review is from: La invención de Morel (Paperback)
Casares presents a classical theme: a man alone in an island. The involuntary escape from the social network usually opens the doors of the utopy. Here the hero tries to understand some strange things and can not avoid to get involved. The real life blocks the possibilities of happiness? Huxley in his "Island" touched this point. But Casares wrote a pure novel while Huxley mixed novel and essay. All philosophical or social thoughs are here left to the reader. Reaching the boundaries of the irreality, he kept firmly attached to the ground of reason. It is science-fiction and a high level one, not latin american phantastic realism.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Morel, October 3, 2001
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Carlos A. Rubinstein (São Paulo, São Paulo Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: La invención de Morel (Paperback)
Morel invento algo. Ese algo es fantástico. Tiene un poco de ver con todo, la vida eterna, el amor eterno, la felicidad eterna...
Me pregunto si consigues descubrir que inventó Moriel antes de llegar a la mitad del libro.
Un libro de ficción atrozmente sensacional.
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0 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars written by a reader, October 30, 2008
This review is from: La invención de Morel (Paperback)
The book was all written by the previous reader, and that difficulted my reading a lot.
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1 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Una buena y entretenida novela de ficción, October 14, 2000
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Guillermo E. Draletti (Buenos Aires, Cap. Fed. Argentina) - See all my reviews
This review is from: La invención de Morel (Paperback)
My english is terrible, so give me the liberty to talk about this book in spanish:

Hasta donde he podido leerlo es muy entretenido, presenta un dilema moral interesante y está muy bien narrado, aunque la narración sin capítulos me desconcertó en un principio. Todo esto, en las setenta páginas que he leído esta mañana en el tren. Me ha dado algo de interés por el desenlace, saber si Morel y sus amigos son fantasmás o qué así que me lo acabaré esta noche, seguro. Por otra parte, pienso que el tema daría para una novela más extensa y con más tintes sobrenaturales que probablemente me gustaría más. De todos modos, vaya un voto a favor de una brevedad interesante que parte de una idea muy original.

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