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Title: La invención de Morel Title Record # 1230652
Author: Adolfo Bioy Casares
Date: 1940-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: Spanish
Synopsis: A fugitive arrives alone at an island somewhere in Polynesia with some abandoned buildings. After some days he finds out that people are living there mysteriously and proceeds to spy them to know more about them, but he is falling in love with one of the women.
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1955Translated by Armand Pierhal
French L'invention de Morel
1964Translated by Ruth L. C. Simms
English The Invention of Morel
1965Translated by Karl August Horst
German Morels Erfindung [as by Adolfo Bioy-Casares]
1965Translated by Karl August Horst
German Morels Erfindung
1976
  • Translated by Ion Oprescu.
Romanian
Invenția lui Morel?Inventia lui Morel
1980Translated by Benczik Vilmos
Hungarian Morel találmánya
2003Translated by Gisbert Haefs
German Morels Erfindung

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
Nominations Below Cutoff 2016 Retro Hugo Best Novella

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Fiction, #103 1962-06-00 ed.
Alain Dorémieux?Alain Doremieux
OPTA  
F1.60?F: French frank
148
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Jean-Claude Forest  
The Invention of Morel and Other Stories from La trama celeste 1964-00-00 Adolfo Bioy Casares University of Texas Press (The Texas Pan American Series)  
$5.00?$: US dollar
237
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Norah Borges de Torre  
Morels Erfindung 1965-00-00 Adolfo Bioy-Casares Nymphenburger  
DM 16.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
176
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Checkmark
L'invention de Morel 1974-00-00 Adolfo Bioy Casares Edito-Service (Les chefs-d'œuvre de la science fiction)     175
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
Morels Erfindung 1975-00-00 Adolfo Bioy-Casares Suhrkamp (Bibliothek Suhrkamp #443) 3-518-01443-9
DM 11.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
178
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
Invenția lui Morel / Plan de evadare?Inventia lui Morel / Plan de evadere
1976-00-00 Adolfo Bioy Casares Editura Univers     252
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
omni Viorel Popescu  
L'invention de Morel 1976-01-00 Adolfo Bioy Casares
10/18?Dix/Dix-huit
( #953)
2-264-00010-4   124
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel Pierre Bernard Checkmark
Morel találmánya / Láthatatlan városok?Morel talalmanya / Lathatatlan varosok
1981-00-00 Adolfo Bioy Casares, Italo Calvino
Kozmosz Könyvek?Kozmosz Konyvek
(
Kozmosz Fantasztikus Könyvek?Kozmosz Fantasztikus Konyvek
#72)
963-211-416-7
Ft 22?Ft: Hungarian forint
88+
101
dos?Dos-a-dos or tete-beche formatted paperback books, such as Ace Doubles and Capra Press back-to-back books.
omni Gyémánt László , Gyémánt László Checkmark
Morels Erfindung 1984-01-00 Adolfo Bioy Casares Suhrkamp (Phantastische Bibliothek #106) 3-518-37439-7
DM 8.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
127
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel  
La invención de Morel 1996-11-01 Adolfo Bioy Casares Penguin Books (US) (Penguin Ediciones) 0-14-026084-6   vii+
91
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
novel  
Morels Erfindung 2003-03-17 Adolfo Bioy Casares Suhrkamp 3-518-41426-7
€19.90?€: Euro
153
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
The Invention of Morel 2003-09-00 Adolfo Bioy Casares New York Review of Books (NYRB Classics) 1-59017-057-1
$12.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
103
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
novel Checkmark
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