by Adolfo Bioy Casares 
Published: 1940
Episode: Eggtown
Reference: The book Sawyer is reading
A fugitive hides on a deserted island somewhere in the South Pacific. Tourists arrive afterward, and his fear of being discovered becomes a mixed emotion when he falls in love with one of them. He wants to tell her his feelings, but an inexplicable phenomenon keeps them apart.
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