A Russian Doll & Other Stories

By Adolfo Bioy Casares

Book Overview

A Russian Doll and Other Stories is the ninth collection of short fiction by one of this century's premier Argentinian writers who, with his fellow countrymen Julio Cort zar and Jorge Luis Borges, helped change the world's perception of Latin American literature. Bioy Casares's narratives are elegant and urbane, his style precise and streamlined, as he paces his characters through seriocomic traps of fate--ensnared by love, impelled by lust, ambition, or plain greed, even metamorphosed by pharmaceuticals. These are not stories in a psychological mode but like the image of the Russian doll of the title piece are carefully wrought congeries of intractable selves within selves.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811212122
• ISBN13: 9780811212120
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 131 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

In the great Latin American Tradition

Bioy Casares moves effortlessly from reality to fantasy. This collection of short stories are often grotesque, sometimes surreal, but always entertaining. Particularly read "Margarita" and "The Travel Diary"