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The Invention of Morel

Adolfo Bioy Casares

122 pages

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A fugitive hides on a deserted island somewhere in Polynesia. Tourists arrive, and his fear of being discovered becomes a mixed emotion when he falls in love with one of them. He wants to tell her his feelings, but an anomalous phenomenon keeps them apart. - Wikipedia

Themes
Dreamlike & SurrealMysteriousStrange & UnsettlingPhilosophy & Big IdeasWhat Does It All Mean?Love across impossible boundariesThe illusion of permanenceIsolation as existential refuge
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