The Topless Tower

<p><em>The Topless Tower</em> is Silvina Ocampo's most imaginative work one which takes the canon of Western fantasy and turns it on its head. A cross between <em>Alice in Wonderland</em> and the short stories of Jorge Luis Borges it packs a whole fantastical world into a swift fever-dream narrative.</p><p> </p><p>The efforts of Leandro to escape the dreamlike tower where he has been spirited by the Devil are a key text of the South American surrealist movement.</p>