SOURCE: "A Borges Disciple," in The Village Voice, Vol. XX, No. 44, November 3, 1975, pp. 53-4.

Rosenstein is a free-lance writer and critic. In the following review of A Plan for Escape, he praises the story's "inventiveness and audacity. "

Adolfo Bioy-Casares, whose work is largely unheralded in this country, is an esteemed Argentine writer who has long been an important figure in Latin American literature. A disciple and frequent collaborator of Jorge Luis Borges, he is probably best known for The Invention of Morel, a story which was published more than three decades ago and which provided the basis for Alain Resnais's film, Last Year at Marienbad. Now, at a time when he is enjoying continued success at home with a bestseller called Dormir al Sol, Bioy-Casares is represented here by a newly translated version of another early '40s work, A Plan for Escape.

This short novel, firmly rooted...