The Invention of Morel

In The Invention of Morel, love becomes a haunting illusion. A fugitive hiding on a mysterious island discovers strange visitors who appear and vanish like ghosts—and a woman he falls for but can never touch. As he unravels the island’s secret, he finds himself trapped in a dream built by obsession and invention. Mysterious, melancholy, and visionary, Casares’s masterpiece blurs the boundaries between reality and desire, inspiring Borges and generations of surrealists to come.