Khobar Book Club - Asleep In The Sun

Once again, hi.

This time we're reading Asleep in the Sun
It's considered as great work of the Argentine writer Adolfo Bioy Casares's an intoxicating mixture of fantasy, sly humor, and menace.
Whether read as a fable of modern politics, a meditation on the elusive parameters of the self, or a most unusual love story, Bioy's book is an almost scarily perfect comic turn, as well as a pure delight or so they say

Asleep in the Sun is a story about Lucio, a normal man in a normal (nosy) city neighborhood with normal problems with his in-laws (ever-present) and job (he lost it) finds he has a new problem on his hands: his beloved wife, Diana. She’s been staying out till all hours of the night and grows more disagreeable by the day. Should Lucio have Diana committed to the Psychiatric Institute, as her friend the dog trainer suggests? Before Lucio can even make up his mind, Diana is carted away by the mysterious head of the institute. Never mind, Diana’s sister, who looks just like Diana—and yet is nothing like her—has moved in. And on the recommendation of the dog trainer, Lucio acquires an adoring German shepherd, also named Diana. Then one glorious day, Diana returns, affectionate and pleasant. She’s been cured!—but have the doctors at the institute gone too far?

In this session we will be covering the entirety of this book so i expect you all to have finished the book before the session

So yeah i encourage you to join us as i'm hoping my great job of copy and pasting have convinced you that this book is fantastic if not then know that writers from the Argentine tend to be all about surrealism you know like kafka? yeah? does that ring any bells? man turn into cockroach? anyways

Until then, take care.