Lucio, a normal man in a normal (nosy) city neighborhood with normal problems with his wife (not the easiest person to get along with) and family and job (he lost it) finds he has a much bigger problem: his wife is a dog. At first, it doesn't seem like such a problem, because the German shepherd inhabiting his wife's body is actually a good deal more agreeable than his wife herself, now occupying the body of the same German shepherd in a mental hospital run by scientists who, it appears, have designs on the whole neighborhood. But then Lucio has a sense, however confused, of what's right, which is an even bigger problem yet.
"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.
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Lucio, a normal man in a normal (nosy) city neighborhood with normal problems with his wife (not the easiest person to get along with) and family and job (he lost it) finds he has a much bigger problem: his wife is a dog. At first, it doesn't seem like such a problem, because the German shepherd inhabiting his wife's body is actually a good deal more agreeable than his wife herself, now occupying the body of the same German shepherd in a mental hospital run by scientists who, it appears, have designs on the whole neighborhood. But then Lucio has a sense, however confused, of what's right, which is an even bigger problem yet.
"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.
Imprint | Nyrb Classics |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | August 2004 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | August 2004 |
Authors | Adolfo Bioy Casares |
Introduction by | James Sallis |
Translators | Suzanne Jill Levine |
Dimensions | 204 x 128 x 11mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback - Trade |
Pages | 172 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-59017-095-3 |
Barcode | 9781590170953 |
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LSN | 1-59017-095-4 |