Full of philosophical puzzles and supernatural surprises, these stories contain some of Borges’s most fully realized human characters. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translati
| Title | : | The Aleph and Other Stories (Penguin Classics) |
| Author | : | Jorge Luis Borges |
| Rating | : | 4.57 (124 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0142437883 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-2-6 |
| Language | : | English |
Full of philosophical puzzles and supernatural surprises, these stories contain some of Borges’s most fully realized human characters. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.. 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.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines
. Borges was Director of the Argentine National Library from 1955 until 1973. He is professor emeritus at the University of Puerto Rico. In 1980 he shared the Cervantes Prize (the Spanish world's highest literary accolade) with Gerardo Diego. One reads most of Borges' tales with the hypnotic interest usually reserved for reading detective fiction"
Andrew Hurley is a translator of numerous works of literature, criticism, history, and memoir. He was a superb storyteller. The Ingram Merrill Foundation granted him its Annual Literary Award in 1966 for his "outstanding contribution to literature." In 1971 Columbia University awarded him the first of many degrees of Doctor of Letters, honoris causa that he was to receive from the Englis
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