The Museum of Eterna's Novel

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]

See also

• Ultraist movement

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Jim Ruland (May 16, 2010). "Book review: 'The Museum of Eterna's Novel (The First Good Novel)'". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2010/may/16/entertainment/la-ca-macedoniol-fernandez-20100516. Retrieved 2010-07-22. 
2. ^ Frouman-Smith, E. (1979). Latin American Literary Review 8 (15): 42–44. doi:10.2307/20119193. JSTOR 20119193.  edit
3. ^ Matthew Ladd (February 2010). "Borges's Father". Bookforum. http://www.bookforum.com/inprint/016_05/5016. Retrieved 2010-07-22. 
4. ^ Margaret Schwartz. "The Museum of Eterna's Novel". Open Letter. http://catalog.openletterbooks.org/authors/16. Retrieved 2010-07-22. 
5. ^ M.A.Orthofer (21 February 2010). "The Museum of Eterna's Novel (The First Good Novel) by Macedonio Fernández". The Complete Review. http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/argentina/fernandm.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-22.