The Aleph and Other Stories (Penguin Classics)

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. more

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Posted: Jun-10-2007

english?

I was trying to get this book in Spanish,the language it was written .I didn't .

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Posted: Mar-17-2007

The path you are to take is endless

Trying to full describe the writings of Jorge Luis Borges is like trying to explain exactly why Leonardo da Vinci's art still captivates. The man wrote works of art. "The Aleph and Other Stories" includes two different books of Borges', very different in their styles -- one is rich and epic,...

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Posted: Jan-03-2007

Interesting collection of ideas

This collection of short stories covers a huge array of concepts and ideas, ranging from history and religion, through philosophy to science. One recurring theme involves taking a well known story or idea and looking at it from a different angle or viewpoint.The translation is well handled and...

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Posted: Jun-29-2006

Maker of Stories

I was surprised to find when I picked up this book that it is not the same selection of stories as the earlier published THE ALEPH AND OTHER STORIES 1933-1969, translated by Norman Thomas di Giovanni in collaboration with Borges himself. Instead, it is a translation of two volumes published by...

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Posted: Oct-28-2005

Borges and the 'Aleph"

It was as if in the writing of many stories he was seeking to conceal the fact that he had only one story to write. And in that one story was contained the essence of all stories, so that to read it and understand it was to become the story itself. So too with the Aleph the single letter in which...

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Posted: Oct-02-2004

Brilliant Borges!!!

This new Penguin edition of "The Aleph and Other Stories" was my first voyage to the land of labyrinths and puzzles that Borges is so noted for. I can certainly say now that the trip was more than worth it, and I hope to make many more "le voyage ? l'espagnol!"

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Posted: Sep-02-2004

The timeless argentine nosthalgia !

In these tales , Borges retakes his favorite themes and according to his acustomed inventive modality , gives them a unexpected and shinning threatment. He risks in every page a new imagination of the fantastic universe that he - as anyone else - knew how create among us . It is well reknown his...

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Posted: Feb-22-2001

Major magician

This excellent collection of short stories is an example of the "esthetic of the intelligence" of Borges. His metaphysic storytelling always goes beyond the immediate, to other cultures, other frontiers and other realities. Borges seeks to capture the essence of Universe and Time, and as a...

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