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"The Angry Doll" is an autobiographical novel by Robert Alter, the "Argentinian Dostoyevsky" and the pioneer of "evil literary realism" in Latin America. It is also his debut novel. The protagonist Astaire is a teenager who was expelled from school. He tries to escape poverty at all costs, but fails to succeed, so he sinks deeper and deeper into dark pessimism. With such a tragic character and an atmosphere of absurdity and despair, the novel reflects the chaotic situation of Buenos Aires in the early 20th century. The novel was originally titled "Life Like a Pig", but later changed to "Angry Doll". In fact, the original title of the novel reveals the true meaning of the novel, that is, this is a failed, dirty, and disappointing life. The meaning of the new book's title may be that people are dolls played by fate, or it may refer to the protagonist's useless little invention. Some scholars believe that this corresponds to the many "toys" in the poet Baudelaire's poems constantly mentioned in the article, which are intended to change the original entertainment function of toys. The toys generate anger and rebellion against the makers of the toys, implying anger towards the industrial world in the early stage of modernization, because it eliminated the dreams of workers.

This book is a representative novel by the famous Argentinian writer Robert Alter. It describes the male protagonist's struggle at the bottom of society and his gradual collapse. The story focuses on three days, with various characters appearing one after another. A kidnapping case reflects the social reality of Argentina and even Latin America in the 1920s. The author uses exquisite writing to describe the protagonist's psychology a lot, and through the protagonist's eyes, he sees the reality and various characters around him in a deformed way. The sense of chaos and weirdness is in line with the style of magical realism. There is a sequel, Flamethrower.

"The days are pouring down on you, and the emptiness is covered with a disgusting devil's skin." "Argentinian Dostoyevsky", pioneer of "bad literary realism", and the final novel of Robert Alter, author of "Seven Mad Men". A bizarre love story, a deep and stubborn whisper of love. "Magical Love" is a novel based on Argentine society in the early 20th century. It tells a stubborn but low-pitched whisper of love, full of dramatic tension. Baldel, a married engineer, met Elaine, a sixteen-year-old piano student, at the train station. He felt that he fell into blind love, but did not take any action. Many years later, due to a chance, the two finally fell in love, but what awaited them was a more difficult problem... Compared with Alter's other novels, "Magic Love" is more personal and has a strong modernist color in form. It is a work with a very "Alter flavor". Alt presents the entire story in three levels: one is the objective facts seen by the audience, the other is the subjective feelings of the protagonist, and the third is the narrator's interpretation of the entire story. Which story is closest to the truth? Or maybe there is no truth in the world.