Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote, “it is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again." RIP to your beard, gone but not forgotten
10:35 (About Bioy Casares and Borges) "I'd like to know more about their relationship and the conversations that they had". There's actually a book by Bioy Casares which compiles 50 years of conversations with Borges. Apparently Bioy used to keep very detailed diaries of their conversations. The book is amazing but unfortunately it's never been published in English. The title of the book is simply "Borges", by Bioy Casares.
This book hits even harder today, thinking about recent developments with AI and the ease with which someone’s likeness-including the deceased-can be replicated and reproduced; given a second life. Scary stuff… great review, immensely enjoyed this book!
i think one of my favorite elements of this book is the argument that the journal itself makes for writing as perhaps a less perfect but truly a deeper form of recording and retaining the past then film or photography. as he comes to know the "ghosts" as merely recordings and projections of the external self, he wishes there were some way to record the internal thoughts, that this would be a more valuable form of recording. despite the journal expressing this, the protagonist maintains his wish to be kept eternal through morels invention, and to deteriorate rapidly until death because of it. i guess it shows the hold that the spectacle of cinema has on us, but ironically makes again the stronger argument that literature can do all of this and more.
Without fail, if I read a book and I love it (assuming I didn't already order it based on this channel's recommendation in the first place) I am sure to find that Cliff has already read it and analyzed it expertly and entertainingly. It's such a joy to see the likes of Bataille, Borges, Bioy Casares, Bolano, Ocampo, Lispector, and so many others, a who's who of the literary giants you've probably (and quite unfairly) not been exposed to. Your channel is essential watching about essential reading. We need these books now more than ever.
Great review as always! The way I interpret the two suns is based on how he describes that it is currently Spring, yet he suspects the recording took place in the Summer (or vice versa, I can't remember off the top of my head), so the sun would have different positions in the sky at those different times of year, thus there being two of them. Such a profound and mind-blowing book!
In Argentina I had to read that book in highschool when I was 14-15, roughly 10 years ago now, and though I dont really remember finding it boring it certainly didn't amaze me that much, I flew over me too. Your enthusiasm made me decide to read it again once I finish what I am currently reading.
Hey dude, I really enjoy your content. You’ve introduced me to so many authors I’ve never heard of, and you dispelled many myths of some of the “boring” classic authors. Keep it up, man.
Could you review one of these works? 1. The Myth of Sisyphus - Albert Camus 2. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold - John Le' Carre 3. Anything by Dostoevsky or Tolstoy 4. Dune - Frank Herbert 5. The Stranger - Albert Camus Love your channel by the way, keep it up. Cheers.
I loved this! I just finished my final proyect of my degree in hispanic literature, and I've made my research about Borges, who is my all time favourite author. But I also worked in La invención de Morel for my Hispanoamerican Literature assigment. They're great. (Sorry abaut my English)
I relly enjoyed your take on this one. Thank you. I'd like to say a couple of things related to the topic: -Bioy wrote a 1000 pages journal where he recorded his conversations with Borges. As you can imagine, that book is full of witty remarks about almost everything--especially literature. In Spanish, it's simply called "Borges". I hope they'll soon translate it into English so that most people can read it. -If you guys liked The invention of Morel, you might also enjoy The dream of heroes (El sueño de los héroes), by the same author. It's not Bioy's best-known novel, but according to him (and I agree) it's the best.
I just finished reading The Invention of Morel and naturally I tried to find other English translations of his books but I couldn’t find any at all :( It’s such a shame because The Invention of Morel was such a beautiful book. Hopefully they release some new translations of his books soon but I don’t think they will :(
Hey Clif. I want to thank you for recommending me this book. It has inspired my next video and has brought me out of a creative slump. This book is definitely a life changer.
Another great review - I read the book last year and was blown away. After hearing your thoughts on it, I've got to re-read! I was so fascinated with it it that I tracked down the books that Borges mentions in the foreword; the french one, "Le Voyageur sur la Terre" (by Julien Green) is highly recommended, very atmospheric and foreboding. I think it's called "Pilgrim on the earth" in English.
Thank you very much! Amazing book. The pleasure that this book produced in me while reading it has hardly been equaled. "Sublime, no lejana y misteriosa, con el silencio vivo de la rosa"
Hi, I'm Graciela, from Buenos Aires. I have just discovered your channel. I find it quite interesting. I have also recommended it to my friends. Congrats!!! We'll keep in touch!
Extraordinary novel! This book inspired me to start my channel, it´s not a recommendation for you to see it, also is in spanish, but in addition to everything you mentioned, I also found a fascinating way to understand space-time. Great review man, thanks!
Hello Cliff! I am amazed by your review, gave me so much to think about, showed me so many things I didn't thought about when I first read this masterpiece. It also makes me so happy to see videos taking Argentine literature. Thank you for a great video! Keep it up please!
19:30 Only one sun is original The other one is a copy of the sun, the week Morel's friends were in the island The narrator says that the week they spent in the museum was in summer So the sun is just as strong as the summer sun Thats why in the beginning he complains about a sudden heat wave that made him sweat all night, before the crew arrived at the museum God I just finished it reading and tomorrow im gonna start re-reading it, not much like Morel's friends, better than food
Reminded me Somewhere in time by Matheson (romance part) and the machine stops by E.M.Forster. It seems quite seminal for the creation of Lost Series despite not being disclosed officially.
Great video! I love the fact that you read and review so many types of books and writers, not focusing on literature from one place and period only. If you want to know more about Borges and Bioy there are plenty of interviews on youtube (specially from Borges), and a book from Bioy (published in 2006) called "Borges", that gathers stories and anecdotes from Casare's diaries about their relationship. If you need any help with translations or subtitles for interviews or anything you can always ask me, i speak native spanish and would love to contribute in some way to your channel (since right now i can not do it through Patreon). Thanks again for your videos! and greetings from Argentina.
If you ever come to buenos aires please do a café book review or something like that haha. When i first read this book i was about 15 and i Loved it, ive been thinking about rereading it...now i can't wait to do so!
I just finished reading it and i came to hear what people had to say, some kind of validation because while i got it and kinda guessed the twist in a way it was so slow and would get bored. I wouldnt say i liked it but i didnt dislike it either the ending, when he figures it out its very good and left me thinking. I thought maybe im not apreciating it like i should, should probably read it later and hearing you say that was like yes ok will do
love the channel always keep it up! Next up on my reading list is Dance of Death and then Storm of Steel, thanks to your reviews mate. Though I haven't finished this current book I'm reading, I (already) HIGHLY recommend GOAT by Brad Land. Fantastic brutal moving and lyrical memoir that I could've probably read in one goddamn sitting! Hope you're well Cliff! I hope to contribute Patreon-wise soon, in the future sometime. Happy reading!
A favorite book of mine too. A marvel. And incredibly sad in the end to understand the desire to overcome irreconcilable longing. A theme that itself will never grow old. A minor point: his surname should be referred to as Bioy, or Bioy Casares, rather than just Casares. Crazy story about the AirBNB. Great commentary, thanks.
I really wish you would read his short story collection "A Russian Doll & Other Stories". As I quite like short stories the most myself, and I was quite fond of the Aickman short stories review you did. Be well.
When you mentioned Louise Brookes it reminded me of Valentina from Guido Crepax. I don't know if you'd be into reviewing comics, but if so Crepax is the way to go.
After reading The Invention of Morel and (watching your review) I felt an urgency to create some record of what I felt & what I had just experienced. Beautiful that the novella takes form as a diary. I imagine for sure that you see as a reviewer the need to record those thoughts and feelings which would otherwise go undocumented. Are many of the nuanced beauties we encounter and create fleeting to history if we do not make record of them? Also I wonder if there might be a nod to Borges in choosing the name Morel as possible inspiration by Borges' The Cruel Redeemer Lazarus Morrell?...
I just finished reading this one. To me it opens up many issues- will technology one day achieve what is described in the book- and will technology also go further- maybe the recreations will have thoughts, and replay not just one week a decades worth of life ? What if this is our life right now- we are just projections, created by a superior mad alien genius ? Or, more benignly, what if a civilization, given enough time, is able to do this, and they are watching us all now, recording, and when we die they resurrect us somewhere, on another planet maybe? The books ending is in a different direction, of course, but still is got me thinking...
I guess you already know about it, but there's this colossal work by Casares called 'Borges' which tracks their friendship through the years. From what I've heard it offers a very detailed and intimate portrait of Mr Borges. I must admit I haven't read it, but I imagine it could be of your interest. Nice review as always. Keep up the good work 👍👍👍
Not just film, all artist live on including Casares with his own writing. I much prefer Borges however…might have to read this book again. Great review though!
MICHIO KAKU- The Future of The Mind. Im always hesitant to recommend things because I havent even read them myself. As much as I may desire to read them, I just dont get around to reading anything. But yeah look up that book.
Hey another read that I see you havent done a review for yet is by John Muir. If you love the "adjectivorous" works of literature, John Muir's Wildnerness Essays are to die for. Like many writers, you can definitely see a new scope of enlightenment when Muir describes the wilderness. His essays caption his adventures through the late 1800s and have no real "end", however for a leisurely read I believe you would love John Muir.
Can you review Nausea by Sartre please? I recently read it and I’m finding it hard to describe it but you’re so eloquent I think you’re the perfect person to review it
Whoa! I read this like 20 years ago too and I remember faintly what a mindfuck it was but a beautiful one. Totally dig out old boxes tonight to re read. Thanks for this review.
Great novel indeed! Similar themes are echoed in parts of Pynchon's Against the Day, an equally breathtaking and fascinating piece on its own merit. I'd recommend you should give it a go, but my stamp of approval is as good as anybody denominated as john m. on youtube
There's a book called "Borges". It's Bioy Casares' diary. You can read every entry made by Bioy that has to do with Borges. It's a posthumous book (2006). You can read how Borges and Bioy thought, you can read their opinions on authors, books, politics, everything. Borges is funny as hell, I mean REALLY funny, although really evil too. It's Borges without his own censorship and you can't judge them because it's what we all say behind doors. I don't know if it's in English. Some quotes are amazing. I remember Borges talking about some person and saying "He is a pre-Socratic, he's got our past ahead of him"
being an argentine myself, I'm a little embarrassed to say that I learnt about this book from the famous tv show "Lost". After reading it, it felt like I was watching a black mirror episode, but better. An amazing, amazing book
The Manchester University Department of Music and Manchester Symphony Orchestra team up for the collegiate premiere of “The Invention of Morel.” Composer Stewart Copeland - founder and drummer of The Police, brings this intriguing production to the Honeywell Center. He will give some brief remarks on the 28th. Hope to see you there - tell your friends! d. Promo: ruclips.net/video/Wr2v0cMbCAY/видео.html&feature=emb_logo Tickets: www.honeywellcenter.org/morel MSO: manchestersymphonyorchestra.com/index.html
2.30 in and I have to stop until I manage to read the damn thing. Saddly, I have such back catalogue of books in my place that it might be while before I get round reading it & watching this review to the end. Also the loss of beard makes me sad.
I think if you think about the book in the perspective of Faustine the book becomes about men trying to claim a woman that wasn’t interested in being claimed. And how selfish men are
It could be argued that Bioy Casares was much more of a writer than Borges, while Borges was more the critic. You need only check the fiction written by each and it becomes very obvious Borges' are more like lazy indulgent word games, while Bioy Casares is actually making full-fledged stories, and better written, more elegant than Borges'. The lives they lived, as much as they spent a lot of time together, oriented along different lines.
I liked it a lot when I finished it, but as I was reading it I lowkey hated it. I got so bored in the beginning that I fell asleep. I'm definitely too young
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Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote, “it is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again."
RIP to your beard, gone but not forgotten
Pro trick: watch movies on flixzone. Been using them for watching all kinds of movies recently.
@Ares Coleman definitely, I have been watching on flixzone for months myself :D
10:35 (About Bioy Casares and Borges) "I'd like to know more about their relationship and the conversations that they had". There's actually a book by Bioy Casares which compiles 50 years of conversations with Borges. Apparently Bioy used to keep very detailed diaries of their conversations. The book is amazing but unfortunately it's never been published in English. The title of the book is simply "Borges", by Bioy Casares.
This book hits even harder today, thinking about recent developments with AI and the ease with which someone’s likeness-including the deceased-can be replicated and reproduced; given a second life. Scary stuff… great review, immensely enjoyed this book!
i think one of my favorite elements of this book is the argument that the journal itself makes for writing as perhaps a less perfect but truly a deeper form of recording and retaining the past then film or photography. as he comes to know the "ghosts" as merely recordings and projections of the external self, he wishes there were some way to record the internal thoughts, that this would be a more valuable form of recording. despite the journal expressing this, the protagonist maintains his wish to be kept eternal through morels invention, and to deteriorate rapidly until death because of it. i guess it shows the hold that the spectacle of cinema has on us, but ironically makes again the stronger argument that literature can do all of this and more.
Without fail, if I read a book and I love it (assuming I didn't already order it based on this channel's recommendation in the first place) I am sure to find that Cliff has already read it and analyzed it expertly and entertainingly. It's such a joy to see the likes of Bataille, Borges, Bioy Casares, Bolano, Ocampo, Lispector, and so many others, a who's who of the literary giants you've probably (and quite unfairly) not been exposed to. Your channel is essential watching about essential reading. We need these books now more than ever.
Great review as always!
The way I interpret the two suns is based on how he describes that it is currently Spring, yet he suspects the recording took place in the Summer (or vice versa, I can't remember off the top of my head), so the sun would have different positions in the sky at those different times of year, thus there being two of them. Such a profound and mind-blowing book!
In Argentina I had to read that book in highschool when I was 14-15, roughly 10 years ago now, and though I dont really remember finding it boring it certainly didn't amaze me that much, I flew over me too. Your enthusiasm made me decide to read it again once I finish what I am currently reading.
Hey dude, I really enjoy your content. You’ve introduced me to so many authors I’ve never heard of, and you dispelled many myths of some of the “boring” classic authors. Keep it up, man.
I had been recommended this book serially over the past three months. You've finally convinced me to read it. Wonderful review!
Just when I thought the reviews couldn't get any better, this one comes along.
I have just discovered your channel, I have just read La Invención de Morel.
Could you review one of these works?
1. The Myth of Sisyphus - Albert Camus
2. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold - John Le' Carre
3. Anything by Dostoevsky or Tolstoy
4. Dune - Frank Herbert
5. The Stranger - Albert Camus
Love your channel by the way, keep it up. Cheers.
I loved this! I just finished my final proyect of my degree in hispanic literature, and I've made my research about Borges, who is my all time favourite author. But I also worked in La invención de Morel for my Hispanoamerican Literature assigment. They're great.
(Sorry abaut my English)
I relly enjoyed your take on this one. Thank you.
I'd like to say a couple of things related to the topic:
-Bioy wrote a 1000 pages journal where he recorded his conversations with Borges. As you can imagine, that book is full of witty remarks about almost everything--especially literature. In Spanish, it's simply called "Borges". I hope they'll soon translate it into English so that most people can read it.
-If you guys liked The invention of Morel, you might also enjoy The dream of heroes (El sueño de los héroes), by the same author. It's not Bioy's best-known novel, but according to him (and I agree) it's the best.
I just finished reading The Invention of Morel and naturally I tried to find other English translations of his books but I couldn’t find any at all :( It’s such a shame because The Invention of Morel was such a beautiful book. Hopefully they release some new translations of his books soon but I don’t think they will :(
Hey Clif. I want to thank you for recommending me this book. It has inspired my next video and has brought me out of a creative slump. This book is definitely a life changer.
Another great review - I read the book last year and was blown away. After hearing your thoughts on it, I've got to re-read! I was so fascinated with it it that I tracked down the books that Borges mentions in the foreword; the french one, "Le Voyageur sur la Terre" (by Julien Green) is highly recommended, very atmospheric and foreboding. I think it's called "Pilgrim on the earth" in English.
Thank you very much! Amazing book. The pleasure that this book produced in me while reading it has hardly been equaled. "Sublime, no lejana y misteriosa, con el silencio vivo de la rosa"
Hi, I'm Graciela, from Buenos Aires. I have just discovered your channel. I find it quite interesting. I have also recommended it to my friends.
Congrats!!!
We'll keep in touch!
This is the first book I ever truly fell in love with
Extraordinary novel! This book inspired me to start my channel, it´s not a recommendation for you to see it, also is in spanish, but in addition to everything you mentioned, I also found a fascinating way to understand space-time. Great review man, thanks!
Could u do another q and a or life update video???
Hello Cliff! I am amazed by your review, gave me so much to think about, showed me so many things I didn't thought about when I first read this masterpiece. It also makes me so happy to see videos taking Argentine literature. Thank you for a great video! Keep it up please!
The show Lost was based on this book.
What a wonderful book for me to win! I'm looking forward to reading it when it arrives!
Great review! You really need to read The Celestial Plot, also by Bioy Casares.
19:30
Only one sun is original
The other one is a copy of the sun, the week Morel's friends were in the island
The narrator says that the week they spent in the museum was in summer
So the sun is just as strong as the summer sun
Thats why in the beginning he complains about a sudden heat wave that made him sweat all night, before the crew arrived at the museum
God I just finished it reading and tomorrow im gonna start re-reading it, not much like Morel's friends, better than food
Reminded me Somewhere in time by Matheson (romance part) and the machine stops by E.M.Forster. It seems quite seminal for the creation of Lost Series despite not being disclosed officially.
Great video! I love the fact that you read and review so many types of books and writers, not focusing on literature from one place and period only.
If you want to know more about Borges and Bioy there are plenty of interviews on youtube (specially from Borges), and a book from Bioy (published in 2006) called "Borges", that gathers stories and anecdotes from Casare's diaries about their relationship. If you need any help with translations or subtitles for interviews or anything you can always ask me, i speak native spanish and would love to contribute in some way to your channel (since right now i can not do it through Patreon).
Thanks again for your videos! and greetings from Argentina.
As always, a fantastic review and video. Keep up the great work.
If you ever come to buenos aires please do a café book review or something like that haha. When i first read this book i was about 15 and i Loved it, ive been thinking about rereading it...now i can't wait to do so!
I just finished reading it and i came to hear what people had to say, some kind of validation because while i got it and kinda guessed the twist in a way it was so slow and would get bored. I wouldnt say i liked it but i didnt dislike it either the ending, when he figures it out its very good and left me thinking. I thought maybe im not apreciating it like i should, should probably read it later and hearing you say that was like yes ok will do
love the channel always keep it up! Next up on my reading list is Dance of Death and then Storm of Steel, thanks to your reviews mate. Though I haven't finished this current book I'm reading, I (already) HIGHLY recommend GOAT by Brad Land. Fantastic brutal moving and lyrical memoir that I could've probably read in one goddamn sitting! Hope you're well Cliff! I hope to contribute Patreon-wise soon, in the future sometime. Happy reading!
A favorite book of mine too. A marvel. And incredibly sad in the end to understand the desire to overcome irreconcilable longing. A theme that itself will never grow old.
A minor point: his surname should be referred to as Bioy, or Bioy Casares, rather than just Casares.
Crazy story about the AirBNB. Great commentary, thanks.
I really wish you would read his short story collection "A Russian Doll & Other Stories". As I quite like short stories the most myself, and I was quite fond of the Aickman short stories review you did. Be well.
Thanks for this review. Just recently bought it along with Schniztler’s Dream Story
When you mentioned Louise Brookes it reminded me of Valentina from Guido Crepax. I don't know if you'd be into reviewing comics, but if so Crepax is the way to go.
Awesome review !! Now this book really sounds like something I will enjoy. Glad you didn't spoil all of it.
After reading The Invention of Morel and (watching your review) I felt an urgency to create some record of what I felt & what I had just experienced. Beautiful that the novella takes form as a diary. I imagine for sure that you see as a reviewer the need to record those thoughts and feelings which would otherwise go undocumented. Are many of the nuanced beauties we encounter and create fleeting to history if we do not make record of them? Also I wonder if there might be a nod to Borges in choosing the name Morel as possible inspiration by Borges' The Cruel Redeemer Lazarus Morrell?...
have you read ernesto sabato the tunnel? you would love it! another argentine writer
Was about to scoop this up yesterday! Got Aura by Fuentes instead. How's Detroit treating you, bud? I might be visiting later this summer.
Do "The Plague" please
I just finished reading this one. To me it opens up many issues- will technology one day achieve what is described in the book- and will technology also go further- maybe the recreations will have thoughts, and replay not just one week a decades worth of life ? What if this is our life right now- we are just projections, created by a superior mad alien genius ? Or, more benignly, what if a civilization, given enough time, is able to do this, and they are watching us all now, recording, and when we die they resurrect us somewhere, on another planet maybe? The books ending is in a different direction, of course, but still is got me thinking...
Juan Carlos Onetti
I saw the opera by Stewart Copeland this weekend. It was amazing!
I guess you already know about it, but there's this colossal work by Casares called 'Borges' which tracks their friendship through the years. From what I've heard it offers a very detailed and intimate portrait of Mr Borges. I must admit I haven't read it, but I imagine it could be of your interest.
Nice review as always. Keep up the good work 👍👍👍
Not just film, all artist live on including Casares with his own writing. I much prefer Borges however…might have to read this book again. Great review though!
Have you checked out Marshall McLuhan or Stanislaw Lem? Or Dick's Flow my tears the policeman said?
MICHIO KAKU- The Future of The Mind. Im always hesitant to recommend things because I havent even read them myself. As much as I may desire to read them, I just dont get around to reading anything. But yeah look up that book.
Hey another read that I see you havent done a review for yet is by John Muir. If you love the "adjectivorous" works of literature, John Muir's Wildnerness Essays are to die for. Like many writers, you can definitely see a new scope of enlightenment when Muir describes the wilderness. His essays caption his adventures through the late 1800s and have no real "end", however for a leisurely read I believe you would love John Muir.
Can you review Nausea by Sartre please? I recently read it and I’m finding it hard to describe it but you’re so eloquent I think you’re the perfect person to review it
Whoa! I read this like 20 years ago too and I remember faintly what a mindfuck it was but a beautiful one. Totally dig out old boxes tonight to re read. Thanks for this review.
please do some review of Jorge Luiz Borges
Great novel indeed! Similar themes are echoed in parts of Pynchon's Against the Day, an equally breathtaking and fascinating piece on its own merit. I'd recommend you should give it a go, but my stamp of approval is as good as anybody denominated as john m. on youtube
There's a book called "Borges". It's Bioy Casares' diary. You can read every entry made by Bioy that has to do with Borges. It's a posthumous book (2006).
You can read how Borges and Bioy thought, you can read their opinions on authors, books, politics, everything.
Borges is funny as hell, I mean REALLY funny, although really evil too. It's Borges without his own censorship and you can't judge them because it's what we all say behind doors. I don't know if it's in English. Some quotes are amazing.
I remember Borges talking about some person and saying "He is a pre-Socratic, he's got our past ahead of him"
being an argentine myself, I'm a little embarrassed to say that I learnt about this book from the famous tv show "Lost". After reading it, it felt like I was watching a black mirror episode, but better. An amazing, amazing book
This book really hit me hard, i know antonioni tried to adapt this but especially with the modern strata of ai this needs to be adapted
Hi could anybody recommend some good psychological thriller books like woman in the window , sharp objects .....appreciated ✌️
The Manchester University Department of Music and Manchester Symphony Orchestra team up for the collegiate premiere of “The Invention of Morel.” Composer Stewart Copeland - founder and drummer of The Police, brings this intriguing production to the Honeywell Center. He will give some brief remarks on the 28th. Hope to see you there - tell your friends! d. Promo: ruclips.net/video/Wr2v0cMbCAY/видео.html&feature=emb_logo Tickets: www.honeywellcenter.org/morel MSO: manchestersymphonyorchestra.com/index.html
2.30 in and I have to stop until I manage to read the damn thing. Saddly, I have such back catalogue of books in my place that it might be while before I get round reading it & watching this review to the end.
Also the loss of beard makes me sad.
Hey, was that the Fisher Building in the intro?
Yup, good one.
straight to my want to read list
I think if you think about the book in the perspective of Faustine the book becomes about men trying to claim a woman that wasn’t interested in being claimed. And how selfish men are
Yes! Hearing him talk about faustine and how he "loved" her annoyed me so much
How to you read these books so fast?
This one is short
Last year at marienbad
WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!! THIS WAS THE BEST THING A EVER READ IN MY LIFE AND IT WAS LIKE JUST 100 PAGES LONG
and without a word...the beard is gone
You remind me of Roger Radcliffe from One Hundred and One Dalmatians
(1961).
They co-write a lot of short stories
It could be argued that Bioy Casares was much more of a writer than Borges, while Borges was more the critic. You need only check the fiction written by each and it becomes very obvious Borges' are more like lazy indulgent word games, while Bioy Casares is actually making full-fledged stories, and better written, more elegant than Borges'.
The lives they lived, as much as they spent a lot of time together, oriented along different lines.
sounds like a black mirror episode
I liked it a lot when I finished it, but as I was reading it I lowkey hated it. I got so bored in the beginning that I fell asleep. I'm definitely too young
Finally the chin pubes are gone.
And yes, great book.
Reminds me of Don Hertzfeldt.