NY, Dutton, 1975. The first American edition of a novel first published in Argentina in the 1940s, and one of the pivotal books in the emergence of Latin American literature as a major force in 20th century world literature. Inscribed by Bioy-Casares in 1992, and also signed by the translator, Suzanne Jill Levine. A Plan for Escape is one of Bioy-Casares's two best-known books, along with The Invention of Morel, which was the basis for the French New Wave film Last Year at Marienbad. Bioy-Casares was also famously a frequent collaborator with Argentine novelist Jorge Luis Borges; they published together under the pen name "H. Bustos Domecq." Remainder mark; else fine in a dust jacket with one edge tear at the upper front panel. [#013528] SOLD