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An odd book about a man on the run stranded on a strange island that has some structures but no people. One day a group of people appear on the island and the narrator falls in love with one of the women, but not everything is as it seems. A very strange, short read and I feel like I need to read it a second time to really get it.

similarities to Lolita
-fictitious editor
-book artifact of story
-pretentious narrator
-on the lamb
-addresses audience about his plight
-destroying object of desire in attempt to possess
-impossible to be loved by her, on separate planes
-when object spurns him, calls her gross
-she‘s an actress
-competing with his shadow, a filmmaker
-questions if hallucinating
-destroys himself when realizes he cannot be with her
-ends with imminent doom

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

1. Tagged
2. The Wheel of Time books, though sounds like that's already in the works
3. Getting to spend the day and catch up with a childhood friend

Your turn @IuliaC @julesG @Ast_Arslan @SamAnne

I had a little too much fun shopping during the last #nyrb sale a couple of weeks ago. Excited to add these to my collection! #bookhaul

Another book I can thank Litsy for bringing to my attention. The protagonist, a Venezuelan fugitive, takes refuge on a seemingly uninhabited island containing a museum, a swimming pool, a chapel, and a mysterious rotting disease that affects plant, animal, and person alike. When visitors suddenly appear, it throws the MC's world into turmoil, but the truth of who they are and what happened to them is even stranger than it first appears. 👇

This absorbing novella is a kind of literary Twilight Zone episode. A fugitive hides out on a deserted island that contains a museum, swimming pool, chapel, and not much else besides a tree-ravaging disease. He's surprised to find he suddenly has visitors, and things get stranger from there. Casares has a gifted storytelling capacity for intriguing the reader with mysteries and resolving them in a way that is surprising but not too complicated.

A great little novella about a wanted man who escapes to a deserted island that is rumored to be cursed. To say much more would spoil the entire plot of this compact adventure story. The plot moves quickly and with purpose to it‘s plot twist. It is the perfect length. This story would be campy in less capable hands but it‘s masterfully told. A great little one sitter. I highly recommend it.

The point of the Tome Infinity and Beyond readathon is to read sci-fi books from authors around the globe. I had a hellova time finding South American sci-fi authors who caught my interest. I came across this tinsy little one sitter. I‘m definitely looking forward to getting through this one tonight.

Hey, #NYRBBookClub friends, the 24 hour sale is here!!! Just bought lotsa titles, might as well, while we are here in California with family.

This book is deliciously bizarre! 🤪 I had no idea what is really going on until I reached the second half; and yet everything is just my imagination and guess-work

I just started this. No idea what is going on 😅

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Halfway through tonight's @RoscoeBooks Classics in Brief book club selection. So far, it feels like a mashup of Richard Connell's The Most Dangerous Game and George Saunder's Lincoln in the Bardo. In a good way. #bookandcoffee #morningreading

Coffee and a little of my @RoscoeBooks Classics in Brief book club reading before work. I do love books with maps. Beautiful bookmark handcrafted made by my awesome #litsygoespostalog book-sender, @LitHousewife #bookandcoffee #morningreading

Book 1 of 2017: The Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares and translated by Ruth L.C. Simms. This stunning Argentinian novella offers a mystery, some suspense and a touch of the bizarre. What a joy to read. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #translatedfiction

New book #currentlyreading #translatedfiction

Casare's novella is set on a supposedly uninhabited island. The narrator, a Venezuelan, is a fugitive sentenced for an unnamed crime. The Morel of the title is a nod towards one of HG Wells' finest and darkest characters, Dr. Moreau. This is an adventure story meets philosophical narrative. Disembodied consciousness as the only possible form of immortality & virtual realities. Meditative and circular. Intelligent and humorous.

My pick for today's #Booktober #SouthAmerican challenge is this creepy, surreal virtual reality classic. At times it seems cliched- but this is the book that WROTE the cliche. It's a bit like a cross between Lost and The great gatsby...but far better.

Pair with wine and suspense.

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I'm not sure if this counts as set in South America — Adolfo Bioy Casares was from Argentina; the story takes place on an unknown island — but I really enjoyed this book in college, so I'm fudging things a bit. I just remember being totally wrapped up in the dreamlike quality of it. Bioy Casares was a masterful writer. #booktober #bookssetinsamerica #novella