The Celestial Plot

The Celestial Plot

First edition
Author	Adolfo Bioy Casares
Original title	La trama celeste
Genre	Collection of short stories
Publication place	Argentina

The Celestial Plot (Spanish: La trama celeste) is a book by Adolfo Bioy Casares. It is a collection of short stories and includes a work with the same name.

Contents

• "La memoria de Paulina"
• "De los reyes futuros"
• "El ídolo"
• "La trama celeste"
• "El otro laberinto"
• "El perjurio de la nieve"

Plot

A soldier must pilot a new plane. He suffers an accident and is injured. He is interrogated and the army does not believe he is from Argentina. They mistake him for a spy. He calls his friends and nobody recognizes him. He cannot explain the situation, but a friend of his, the author, helps him. The author discovers the truth: the soldier has travelled to a parallel universe, a little different from this one.