A Plan for Escape
1945
First Published
3.56
Average Rating
176
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Asi como un hombre -y ello es tan evidente que no requiere explicitacion en nuestro desconcertante universo actual- puede sentirse interiormente preso en medio de la mayor libertad exterior, otros pueden ser coherentes y absolutamente libres en la mismisima ccarcel. Tal lo que pareceria acontecer en esta isla, a cuyo gobernador, Castel, se le ocurre llevar a cabo una serie de operaciones en el cerebro de los reclusos para convertir las celdas, "camaras desnudas", en "jardines de la mas ilimitada libertad". Simbolica, llena de claves y misterios, alucinante por las posibilidades que plantea y sugiere, rigurosa en su expresion, con todos los ingredientes propios de la novela fantastica y policial, Plan de Evasion marca un hito culminante en la novelistica de Adolfo Bioy Casares y de la literatura argentina. Jugar la vida y vivir como jugando es lo que el autor nos propone. Sumergirnos en sus paginas es emprender un viaje maravilloso que puede llevarnos a alguna de las ciudades situadas mas alla de la cotidiana realidad.
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Author
Adolfo Bioy Casares
Author · 26 books
Adolfo Vicente Perfecto Bioy Casares (1914-1999) was born in Buenos Aires, the child of wealthy parents. He began to write in the early Thirties, and his stories appeared in the influential magazine Sur, through which he met his wife, the painter and writer Silvina Ocampo, as well Jorge Luis Borges, who was to become his mentor, friend, and collaborator. In 1940, after writing several novice works, Bioy published the novella The Invention of Morel, the first of his books to satisfy him, and the first in which he hit his characteristic note of uncanny and unexpectedly harrowing humor. Later publications include stories and novels, among them A Plan for Escape, A Dream of Heroes, and Asleep in the Sun. Bioy also collaborated with Borges on an Anthology of Fantastic Literature and a series of satirical sketches written under the pseudonym of H. Bustos Domecq.
