The Celestial Plot

The Celestial Plot (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.