The Invention of Morel
This story by Adolfo Bioy Casares is in the form a diary by a Venezuelan fugitive who, after a hundred days hiding on a deserted Pacific island, is disturbed by what appear to be a group of tourists. He watches them for several days and becomes infatuated with a “gypsy-like” woman in the group. When he approaches her, she (and later the other tourists) act as if he doesn’t exist. In reality, it is she (and they) who don’t exist and his dying wish is to join them. Themes include isolation, love, obsession, metaphysics (illusion vs. reality), scientific hubris, immortality.
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