{"product_id":"morels-invention","title":"Morel's Invention","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" style=\"padding-bottom: 24px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" style=\"padding-bottom: 24px;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMorel’s Invention\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e may be described, without exaggeration, as a perfect novel.” — Octavio Paz\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJorge Luis Borges declared \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMorel's Invention\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a masterpiece, comparable to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Turn of the Screw\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eJourney to the Center of the Earth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. When a fugitive washes up on a deserted island, he quickly discovers that the place is in fact populated by well-heeled tourists, whose nightly comings and goings are as bewildering as they are fascinating. Soon, the fugitive becomes enamored of a beautiful woman and finds himself more and more caught up in the island's mystery—until at last he realizes it is time for him to take action.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInspired by Adolfo Bioy Casares's fascination with the movie star Louise Brooks, and greatly admired by Julio Cortázar, Gabriel García Márquez, and Octavio Paz, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMorel's Invention\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has gone on to live a secret life of its own. As the model for Alain Resnais and Alain Robbe-Grillet's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLast Year at Marienbad\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, it changed the history of film. And in its contemplation of consciousness, perception, and the self, it stands as one of the first literary explorations of virtual reality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMargaret Jull Costa's new translation of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMorel's Invention\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the first into English in more than fifty years, brings out the full force of the story's beguiling and metaphysical power.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"New York Review Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50967753457922,"sku":"9798896230694","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2228\/7429\/files\/morelsinvention.jpg?v=1793943603","url":"https:\/\/stlartsupply.mom\/en-au\/products\/morels-invention","provider":"St. Louis Art Supply","version":"1.0","type":"link"}