Summary
The Museum of Eterna's Novel (original Spanish-language title: Museo de la Novela de la Eterna) is an avant-garde experimental novel by the Argentine writer Macedonio Fernández. The book has been described as Fernández' masterwork.[1][2]
Fernández started writing it in 1925, and continued working on it for the rest of his life. It was published posthumously in 1967, 15 years after his death.[3]
Fernández is widely regarded as a major influence on Jorge Luis Borges, and its writing style bears some resemblance to Borges'. It has been described as an "anti-novel".[1][4] The book is written in a non-linear style, as a set of multi-layered diversions, discursions and self-reflections, with over fifty prologues before the "main" text of the novel begins.[5]
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- ^ a b Jim Ruland (May 16, 2010). "Book review: The Museum of Eterna's Novel (The First Good Novel)'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-07-22.
- ^ Frouman-Smith, E. (1979). "Macedonio Fernández and the Spanish American New Novel". Latin American Literary Review. 8 (15): 42–44. JSTOR 20119193.
- ^ Matthew Ladd (February 2010). "Borges's Father". Bookforum. Retrieved 2010-07-22.
- ^ Margaret Schwartz. "The Museum of Eterna's Novel". Open Letter. Retrieved 2010-07-22.
- ^ M.A.Orthofer (21 February 2010). "The Museum of Eterna's Novel (The First Good Novel) by Macedonio Fernández". The Complete Review. Retrieved 2010-07-22.