- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Allison & Busby (Feb 1990)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0749000651
- ISBN-13: 978-0749000653
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,049,286 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A magic carpet ride through the extraordinary,
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This review is from: Extraordinary Tales (Condor Books) (Hardcover)
Casares and Borges being renowned for their (obsessive?) fascination with the dreamer and the dream state, their 1967 collection of 'Extraordinary tales' bring together a beautiful series of short stories. The oneiric quality of each is expressed and mediated by the central tale "The Pattern in the Carpet", which expresses the Queneau-esque variations on a single theme. Like any dreamer, the ensemble makes sense only when you awake from the novel and look for the patterns.
Although a translation--and therefore a translation of a translation in many cases--the careful editing of each tale avoids any sense of jarring or incongruity. Put simply, a beautiful collection of short stories. If you like Edgar Allen Poe, Kafka's Penal Colony or Great Wall, then I think you'll enjoy this.
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