Bioy Casares was, without a doubt, one of the twentieth century masters of Spanish language letters. In this thirty nine stories, the reader will find the opportunity of savouring his exquisitely bare prose, with its tough irony, always capable of leaving the reader slightly uneasy. Thus, for example, in 'Ovidio', in which an admirer of the Roman poet has to travel to the farthest borders of Europe to discover that exile is part of the human condition. Or in 'The last floor' and 'A tiger and its trainer', when the writer ...
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Bioy Casares was, without a doubt, one of the twentieth century masters of Spanish language letters. In this thirty nine stories, the reader will find the opportunity of savouring his exquisitely bare prose, with its tough irony, always capable of leaving the reader slightly uneasy. Thus, for example, in 'Ovidio', in which an admirer of the Roman poet has to travel to the farthest borders of Europe to discover that exile is part of the human condition. Or in 'The last floor' and 'A tiger and its trainer', when the writer briefly unveils the curtain that divides reality and dreams. Story by story, Bioy manages to create a subtly disquieting atmosphere, as he plays with the fate of dull characters suddenly stricken by a touch of darkness, absurdity or magic.
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