“In a series of short, sly, ironic essays...[the authors] invert, deflate, and dismantle most of the aesthetic fads of our time....Domecq is a seedy literary journalist....a pompous, brainless critic of every art in sight. He is hilariously awful and a
This huge anthology offers a kaleidoscope of brilliant writing from the Magi of the imagination. Alberto Manguel has selected 72 fantastic tales from life on the edge of the twilight zone, with stories from Marguerite Yourcenar, Herman Hesse, Italo Calvin
The first fruit of the collaboration of Borges and his long-time friend Bioy-Casares, Six Problems for Don Isidro Parodi appeared originally under the pseudonym of H. Bustos Domecq. "Bugsy's" prose style is not quite the style of either of the collaborato
Incluye:"Hombre de la esquina rosada", de Jorge Luis Borges"Los fugitivos", de Alejo Carpentier"La autopista del sur", de Julio Cortázar"Nos han dado la tierra", de Juan Rulfo"Recuerdo de las sierras", de Adolfo Bioy Casares"En este pueblo no hay ladrone
Negli ultimi cento anni matematica e letteratura hanno incrociato il loro cammino innumerevoli volte, troppe perché si tratti soltanto di incontri casuali. Se è vero che entrambe sono attività di "finzione" e consistono principalmente nell'invenzione d
"Bioy ha sido muy bueno y muy indulgente conmigo. El es una persona para la cual mi vida no tiene secretos".----Jorge Luis BorgesDurante cinco décadas de amistad y complicidad literaria, Adolfo Bioy Casares visitó infinidad de veces a Jorge Luis Borges.
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 g
O livro reúne catorze contos do escritor argentino Bioy Casares, publicados entre 1948 e 1969. O volume abre a série da Cosac Naify especialmente dedicadada às obras do autor. Essas Histórias fantásticas são permeadas de um fascínio pela cultura an
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 li
