Historia prodigiosa

Historia prodigiosa / A Prodigious Story

Short stories and novellas , 1956

Alfaguara

Pages: 224

This volume is a great example of Bioy Casares’ maturity as a story writer.  Previously marked by sharp contrasts and a degree of aloofness, the style becomes more low-key: artifice is less evident. Exotic scenarios give way to everyday areas of life where fantasy insinuates itself in a subtle, almost imperceptible way.