Publisher's Synopsis
First English translation Mingles philosophy and fairytale technique comparable to Jostein Gaarders hugely successful 1991 novel Sophies World Modelled on Alice in Wonderland A legend of modern Argentine literature, Ocampo was a friend and frequent collaborator of Jorge Luis Borges Ocampos stories and novels were heavily influenced by English nonsense literature, Chekhov, and her famous husband Bioy Casares.