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Aleph and Other Stories

(Penguin Classics)

By Jorge Luis Borges

(18)

| Others | 9781417705603

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Full of philosophical puzzles and supernatural surprises, these stories contain some of Borges's most fully realized human characters. With uncanny insight he takes us inside the minds of an unrepentant Nazi, an imprisoned Mayan priest, fanatical Christian theologians, a woman plotting vengeance on Continue

Full of philosophical puzzles and supernatural surprises, these stories contain some of Borges's most fully realized human characters. With uncanny insight he takes us inside the minds of an unrepentant Nazi, an imprisoned Mayan priest, fanatical Christian theologians, a woman plotting vengeance on her father's “killer,” and a man awaiting his assassin in a Buenos Aires guest house. This volume also contains the hauntingly brief vignettes about literary imagination and personal identity collected in The Maker, which Borges wrote as failing eyesight and public fame began to undermine his sense of self.

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  • Don Borges

    The success of Borges is happy and astonishing. I do not think it is hard to explain. He is a gift to the professors; he plays with ancient coin. More seriously, he has turned his back on the self-dramatizations and wordy hypochondria of the Zeitgeis ... (read full critics)

    nybooks published on Thu, 26 Aug 2010

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  • dreams and sight, folly and hope mingle themeselves in this collection of short stories, that travel deep inside soul, mind and heart. there's a lot to remember and a lot to dream about.

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    Chiara L'Onironauta said on Aug 1, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • Borges: un personaggio interessante!

    "The pleasure of studying, not the vanity of mastering, has been my chief aim, and I have not been disappointed..."

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    Ral_Pantone said on Jan 29, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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