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A Russian Doll and Other Stories

Suzanne Jill Levine

3.8/5 ( ratings)

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 Cortázar 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.

Language: English

Pages: 131

Format: Paperback

Publisher: New Directions

Release: September 17, 1992

ISBN: 0811212122

ISBN 13: 9780811212120

A Russian Doll and Other Stories

Suzanne Jill Levine

3.8/5 ( ratings)

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 Cortázar 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.

Language: English

Pages: 131

Format: Paperback

Publisher: New Directions

Release: September 17, 1992

ISBN: 0811212122

ISBN 13: 9780811212120

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