Asleep in the Sun
Adolfo Bioy Casares. Plume Books, $8.95 (192pp) ISBN 978-0-525-48537-7
In a seriocomic saga of a man imprisoned by himself and the machinations of the world, a Buenos Aires watchmaker is talked into institutionalizing his wife because she can't decide what sort of dog she wants. ``Casares's black comedy is a witty and ironic comment on our desires and the social structures we have created,'' determined PW. (Mar.)
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Reviewed on: 03/01/1990
Genre: Fiction