Adolfo Bioy Casares

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In Adolfo Bioy Casares's diaristic portrait of his friendship with Jorge Luis Borges, the two titans of Latin American letters discuss their shared literary passions (including police procedurals, gothic novels, fantastic literature, and more); take down canonical authors such as Shakespeare and Joyce; and together, model the rollicking and joyous way a life in literature should be lived. Jorge Luis Borges might be said to be the most significant Spanish-language writer since Cervantes, and Borges is an astonishing document of the life of this twentieth-century giant through the diaries of his friend, the fellow Argentine writer Adolfo Bioy Casares. Over the course of their remarkable, five-decade-long friendship, Bioy Casares kept meticulous record of their energetic discourse on everything from the philosophies of authorship to the virtues of detective plots to the inner workings of sentences and of people. Devotees of police procedurals, the gothic novel, gaucho literature, and fantastic literature, they perform a mesmerizing double act, wielding their razor wit to offer blistering critiques of canonical writers such as Goethe, Shakespeare, Baudelaire, and Joyce. Bioy Casares paints a portrait of Borges as not only a writer at the pinnacle of his craft, but also an omnivorous reader who delights in nothing more than applying his staggering erudition to the sheer, unadulterated joy of literature. Borges is literature at its most wondrous, its most scathing--is literature as life itself.

Don Isidro Parodi avtjänar ett 21-årigt fängelsestraff för ett brott han inte begått. Till hans cell 273 kommer personer som vill ha Parodis hjälp att lösa gåtor och problem som kräver ett extra snillrikt sinne. Länstolsdetektiven Parodi spelar i samma liga som andra mindre rörliga problemlösare -- Nero Wolfe, prins Zaleski, Sherlock Holmes bror Mycroft med flera. Sex problem för don Isidro Parodi publicerades 1942 i Argentina. Författarna var Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) och Adolfo Bioy Casares (1914-1999). De hade träffats tio år tidigare och grundat en vänskap som skulle hålla livet ut. Bägge författarna skrev genreöverskridande och bägge lämnade betydelsefulla bidrag till den magiska realismen. Casares roman Morels uppfinning beskrevs som "perfekt" av Octavio Paz. Och Borges-beundraren Mario Vargas Llosa skrev boken Medio siglo con Borges (2020), som är en samling intervjuer med och essäer om Borges samt recensioner av hans verk. De prisades således av Nobelpristagare -- men varken Borges eller Casares erhöll själva Nobelpriset. Borges nominerades åtskilliga gånger, bland andra av Svenska PEN och Det Danske Akademi. I Queen's Quorum, Ellery Queens deckarkanon över novellsamlingar, listas boken om Isidro Parodi som nr 96 med bokstäverna H ("Historical Significance"), Q ("Quality, in terms of literary style and originality of plot") och R ("Rarity of first edition") -- den högsta möjliga kombinationen. Sex problem för don Isidro Parodi presenteras här för första gången på svenska, med stöd från Svenska Akademien. --- INNEHÅLL Introduktion av Mats Andersson Adelma Badoglio: H. Bustos Domecq Gervasio Montenegro: Förord Världens tolv tecken Goliadkins nätter Tjurguden Sangiácomos ränker Tadeo Limardos offer Det utdragna sökandet efter Tai An

La otra aventura y otros escritos re ne cinco obras de no ficci n que escribi Bioy Casares en diferentes a os entre 1968 y 1999. Inaugura este volumen de no ficci n La otra aventura (1968), una serie de pr logos y art culos de Bioy entre los que se destacan un an lisis en torno a la originalidad de La Celestina y una valiosa nota sobre su amistad con Borges; en Memoria sobre la pampa y los gauchos (1970) Bioy explora las m ltiples resonancias de esas palabras que a l le despiertan ansiedad pero «para la mayor a de los argentinos son de uso tur stico ; el hilarante y sat rico Diccionario del argentino exquisito (1971) incluye verdaderos hallazgos; Unos d as en el Brasil (1991), el diario de un viaje realizado en 1960 en el contexto de un congreso del PEN Club, y De las cosas maravillosas (1999), reflexi n luminosa que tiene como objetivo ayudar a conocernos mejor. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The Other Adventure and Other Stories gathers five non-fiction works Bioy Casares wrote between 1968 and 1999. This non-fiction volume opens with "The Other Adventure" (1968), a series of prologues and papers he wrote, among which stand out an analysis about the originality of La Celestina and a valuable note regarding his friendship with Borges. In "Memories of La Pampa and the Gauchos" (1970), Bioy explores the multiple resonances of these words, which to him are a source of anxiety, but "to most Argentinians are of common touristic use." The hilarious and satirical "Dictionary of the Exquisite Argentinian" (1971) includes true findings. "A Few Days in Brazil" (1991) is a travel journal he wrote in 1960, within the context of a PEN Club congress. And "Of Wonderous Things" (1999), luminous reflection to help us learn more about ourselves.

«El amor -en Bioy Casares- es una percepci n privilegiada, la m s total y l cida, no s lo de la irrealidad del mundo, sino de la nuestra . --Octavio Paz En los dieciocho relatos antologados en Historias de amor, Adolfo Bioy Casares explora el tema de las relaciones amorosas a trav s de una gran variedad de situaciones y argumentos. Encontraremos aqu la pervivencia de una mujer en la memoria de dos rivales, el destino de un hombre que pierde lo que tiene sin conseguir lo que desea, la sorpresa vinculada a los comienzos de un romance, la defensa de la intimidad por medio del crimen o la reconciliaci n de dos amantes al cabo de cien a os de hibernaci n. Con una mezcla encantadora de fantas a, humor y humanidad, los textos alzan un espejo ante el sentimiento universal del amor, al tiempo que pintan experiencias v vidas y concretas. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION "Love -for Bioy Casares- is a privileged perception, the most complete and lucid one possible, not only of the world's unreality, but also our own."--Octavio Paz In the eighteen stories in this anthology, Adolfo Bioy Casares explores romantic relationships through a variety of plots and situations. These include a woman's enduring impact on the memories of two rivals for her affections; the fate of a man who loses all he has without getting what he wants; the sense of surprise that characterizes the beginning of a romance; a crime committed to protect a couple's intimacy; and a pair of lovers who reunite after a hundred years. An enchanting mix of fantasy, humor and humanity, the stories in this collection reflect universal themes in the form of vivid and concrete experiences.

Dormir al sol es una novela epistolar. Lucio Bordenave le escribe a su amigo F lix Ramos y le cuenta los momentos vividos desde que conoce a un adiestrador de perros llamado Standle. Lucio Bordenave, un relojero por resignaci n que aprende ese oficio cuando lo echan de un banco, se desvive por su mujer Diana, cuyo malhumor l atribuye al hecho de no haber podido tener hijos. El inestable clima de la pareja se termina de romper cuando conocen al profesor Standle, un inexpugnable alem n que dirige una escuela para perros. Al igual que el pasaje de Villa Urquiza en el que viven conforma un barrio dentro del barrio, una t cnica psiqui trica novedosa y demasiado eficaz convierte esta aparente novela costumbrista en una historia fant stica, tan laber ntica y fascinante como el mism simo Parque Chas que, por supuesto, tambi n le sirve de escenario. Alejandro Chomski estren la pel cula Dormir al sol en 2012 con Luis Mach n como Lucio Bordenave. ENGLISH TRANSLATION Lucio, a normal man in a normal (nosy) city neighborhood with normal problems with his in-laws (ever-present) and job (he lost it) finds he has a new problem on his hands: his beloved wife, Diana. She's been staying out till all hours of the night and grows more disagreeable by the day. Should Lucio have Diana committed to the Psychiatric Institute, as her friend the dog trainer suggests? Before Lucio can even make up his mind, Diana is carted away by the mysterious head of the institute. Never mind, Diana's sister, who looks just like Diana--and yet is nothing like her--has moved in. And on the recommendation of the dog trainer, Lucio acquires an adoring German shepherd, also named Diana. Then one glorious day, Diana returns, affectionate and pleasant. She's been cured But have the doctors at the institute gone too far? Asleep in the Sun is the great work of the Argentine master Adolfo Bioy Casares's later years. Like his legendary Invention of Morel, it is an intoxicating mixture of fantasy, sly humor, and menace. Whether read as a fable of modern politics, a meditation on the elusive parameters of the self, or a most unusual love story, Bioy's book is an almost scarily perfect comic turn, as well as a pure delight.

La gran novela de amor y aventuras de Adolfo Bioy Casares, que defini con ella el curso de la literatura argentina. Hito de la literatura fant stica, La invenci n de Morel (1940) es una novela de amor y aventuras sobre los extra os acontecimientos que descubre un fugitivo al llegar a una isla desierta, en la que de pronto se manifiestan habitantes espectrales. Gracias a la brillante imaginaci n De Adolfo Bioy Casares, lo inexplicable hallar su raz n de ser en un asombroso postulado cient fico, pero entretanto el narrador caer presa de sus impulsos m s irracionales, hasta vislumbrar no solo la realizaci n de una pasi n imposible, sino una suerte de inmortalidad. Sobre la obra: «No me parece una imprecisi n o una hip rbole calificarla de perfecta . Jorge Luis Borges ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Jorge Luis Borges declared The Invention of Morel a masterpiece of plotting, comparable to The Turn of the Screw and Journey to the Center of the Earth. Set on a mysterious island, Bioy's novella is a story of suspense and exploration, as well as a wonderfully unlikely romance, in which every detail is at once crystal clear and deeply mysterious. Inspired by Bioy Casares's fascination with the movie star Louise Brooks, The Invention of Morel has gone on to live a secret life of its own. Greatly admired by Julio Cort zar, Gabriel Garc a M rquez, and Octavio Paz, the novella helped to usher in Latin American fiction's now famous postwar boom.

»Den perfekta äventyrsromanen.« | Jorge Luis Borges»Den fulländade romanen.« | Octavio Paz»Denna lilla pärla till förtätad kortroman är en verklig argentinsk och latinamerikansk klassiker.« | Thomas Almqvist, Norrköpings TidningarDet kommer som en chock för fängelserymlingen att där finns andra människor på ön, som ju ska ha varit obebodd i många år. Fast ingen verkar ta notis om honom, som vore han osynlig. Människorna förbryllar också med sina exakta rutiner. Och är det någon som totalt ignorerar honom så är det hon, Faustine, som alltid återkommer till samma ställe vid solnedgången. Gradvis får han insikt i öns gåta en abnorm verklighet öppnar sig. Möjligheten uppstår att för alltid vara hos Faustine, men det är på ytterst ensamma villkor. Han har i vilket fall inget att förlora, för han är fast inuti Morels uppfinning. En latinamerikansk klassiker av Adolfo Bioy Casares, i översättning och med förord av poeten och kritikern Lasse Söderberg samt ett efterord av Jorge Luis Borges. ADOLFO BIOY CASARES [1914 1999] är en argentinsk författare vars mästerliga Morels uppfinning [1940] är ett förgrundsverk inom den magiska realismen. Romanen har haft stort inflytande på författare som Julio Cortázar, Gabriel García Márquez och Alejo Carpentier. 1990 tilldelades Adolfo Bioy Casares det prestigefyllda spanska Cervantes-priset.

Lucio, a normal man in a normal (nosy) city neighborhood with normal problems with his in-laws (ever-present) and job (he lost it) finds he has a new problem on his hands: his beloved wife, Diana. She's been staying out till all hours of the night and grows more disagreeable by the day. Should Lucio have Diana committed to the Psychiatric Institute, as her friend the dog trainer suggests? Before Lucio can even make up his mind, Diana is carted away by the mysterious head of the institute. Never mind, Diana's sister, who looks just like Diana--and yet is nothing like her--has moved in. And on the recommendation of the dog trainer, Lucio acquires an adoring German shepherd, also named Diana. Then one glorious day, Diana returns, affectionate and pleasant. She's been cured --but have the doctors at the institute gone too far? Asleep in the Sun is the great work of the Argentine master Adolfo Bioy Casares's later years. Like his legendary Invention of Morel, it is an intoxicating mixture of fantasy, sly humor, and menace. Whether read as a fable of modern politics, a meditation on the elusive parameters of the self, or a most unusual love story, Bioy's book is an almost scarily perfect comic turn, as well as a pure delight.

Jorge Luis Borges declared The Invention of Morel a masterpiece of plotting, comparable to The Turn of the Screw and Journey to the Center of the Earth. Set on a mysterious island, Bioy's novella is a story of suspense and exploration, as well as a wonderfully unlikely romance, in which every detail is at once crystal clear and deeply mysterious. Inspired by Bioy Casares's fascination with the movie star Louise Brooks, The Invention of Morel has gone on to live a secret life of its own. Greatly admired by Julio Cort zar, Gabriel Garc a M rquez, and Octavio Paz, the novella helped to usher in Latin American fiction's now famous postwar boom. As the model for Alain Resnais and Alain Robbe-Grillet's Last Year in Marienbad, it also changed the history of film.