The Museum of Eterna's Novel explained

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Book review: The Museum of Eterna's Novel (The First Good Novel)'. Jim Ruland. Los Angeles Times. May 16, 2010. 2010-07-22.
2. Frouman-Smith . E. . 20119193. Macedonio Fernández and the Spanish American New Novel . Latin American Literary Review . 8 . 15 . 42–44 . 1979 .
3. Web site: Borges's Father. February 2010. Matthew Ladd. Bookforum. 2010-07-22.
4. Web site: The Museum of Eterna's Novel. Margaret Schwartz. Open Letter. 2010-07-22.
5. Web site: The Museum of Eterna's Novel (The First Good Novel) by Macedonio Fernández. M.A.Orthofer. 21 February 2010. The Complete Review. 2010-07-22.