Jorge luis borges 18991986 argentine writer and poet, one of the greatest exponents of magical realism, and best known for his short stories, especially the compilations. Borges stories have a deceptively simple, almost laconic style. The vintage book of latin american stories by carlos. He is regarded as one of the key figures in the fantasy genre as several of jorge luis borges best sellers were of the fantasy.
All styles intersect and play, often within a single piece. Julio ortega has 74 books on goodreads with 1977 ratings. First published in september 1945, it was reprinted in the short story collection, the aleph and other stories, in 1949, and revised by the author in 1974. So far, all the arabic names in borgess tale are related to islamic encyclopedic knowledge and to the written word, including the most sacred of all books the. Borges universale economica feltrinelli, 2007 lo trovi qui.
The title work, the aleph, describes a point in space that contains all other spaces at once. Borgess complete works after the inquisition carlos abreu mendoza university of north carolina at chapel hill jorge luis borges was fond. He won the coveted formentor prize in the year 1961 followed by the jerusalem prize in the year 1971. Hamlet, ii, 2 but they will teach us that eternity is the standing still of the present time, a nuncstans as the schools call it. L aleph pubblicata per losada, buenos aires, 1952 genere.
Borges writes in the original afterword, dated may 3, 1949 buenos aires, that most of the stories belong to the genre of. Surreal, poetic, naturalistic, urbane, peasantborn. I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself a king of infinite space. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app.
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