The Invention of Morel

The Invention of Morel
First edition dust jacket cover
AuthorAdolfo Bioy Casares
Original titleLa invención de Morel
TranslatorRuth L. C. Simms
Cover artistNorah Borges
LanguageSpanish
GenreLiterary fiction
PublisherEditorial Losada
Publication date
1940
Publication placeArgentina

La invención de Morel (Latin American Spanish: [lajmbenˈsjon de moˈɾel]; 1940) — translated as The Invention of Morel or Morel's Invention — is a novel by Argentine writer Adolfo Bioy Casares. It was Bioy Casares' breakthrough effort, for which he won the 1941 First Municipal Prize for Literature of the City of Buenos Aires.[1] He considered it the true beginning of his literary career, despite being his seventh book. The first edition cover artist was Norah Borges, sister of Bioy Casares' lifelong friend, Jorge Luis Borges.

  1. ^ "Southern Cone Literature: Adolfo Bioy Casares (1914-1999)". Library.nd.edu. Retrieved March 10, 2010.