Luis Borges wrote in the introduction: "To classify it [the novel's plot] as perfect is neither an imprecision nor a hyperbole." Mexican Nobel Prize winner in Literature Octavio Paz echoed Borges when he said: "The Invention of Morel may be described, without exaggeration, as a perfect novel." Other Latin American writers such as Julio Cortázar, Juan Carlos Onetti, Alejo Carpentier and Gabriel García Márquez have also expressed their admiration for the novel. Awards and nominations First Municipal Prize for Literature of the City of Buenos Aires, 1941 Film, TV or theatrical adaptations In 1967 it was made into a French movie called L'invention de Morel. In 1974 it was made into an Italian movie called L'invenzione di Morel. In 1995 it was made into a puppet show featuring a real life actor as the fugitive. The TV show Lost was partially based on "The Invention of Morel"; in Season 4, Episode 4, the character James 'Sawyer' Ford is seen reading the book. In 2017 it had its world premiere as an opera (by Stewart Copeland) in a co-commission by Long Beach Opera and Chicago Opera Theater The 1961 movie Last Year at Marienbad has been attributed by many film critics to be directly inspired by The Invention of Morel; however, screenwriter Alain Robbe-Grillet denied any influence of the book on the film (although Robbe-Grillet had read it and was familiar with Bioy Casares' work). References External links Rosario, Felix M. Writing and Paranoid Scrutiny in Adolfo Bioy Casares' The Invention of Morel. Mester at UCLA, vol. 48, no. 1, 2019, pp. 23–42. The opening to The Invention of Morel in English Analysis of Ruth Simms' translation of The Invention of Morel Review by Seamus Sweeney on nthposition.com Review on waggish.org Essay on the novel English page about the 1996 installation 1940 novels 1940 science fiction novels Argentine novels adapted into films Films based on Argentine novels Argentine science fiction novels Novels set in Oceania Novels set on fictional islands