Adolfo Bioy Casares Books

Isidoro Vidal begins as a man of quiet habits. He drinks coffee at his usual café, talks with his old friends about trivial politics and forgotten memories, and lives with the mild irritations of age. Yet, slowly, he starts to notice discomfort around him—glances that linger, laughter that stops whe...

From Diary of the War of the Pig

The persecution escalates. What once seemed an odd social rumor transforms into coordinated aggression. The 'War of the Pig'—so mockingly named—spreads through Buenos Aires like a fever. The young gather in mobs, attacking the elderly in streets, parks, and even homes. Stories of beatings and killin...

From Diary of the War of the Pig

When I began to write the fugitive’s diary, I imagined a man erased by the world, condemned to live among ruins. He reaches a remote island—humid, full of decay, and yet strangely preserved, as if waiting for him. Avoiding human contact, he hides from a vaguely defined persecution. The diary becomes...

From The Invention of Morel

Then come the apparitions. One evening, while searching for food, the fugitive sees human figures wandering through the island’s luxurious gardens. They are elegant, speaking in foreign accents, dressed as if for a summer holiday. He hides, terrified, unsure if they are ghosts, intruders, or halluci...

From The Invention of Morel