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The Aleph and other stories, 1933-1969 : together with commentaries and an autobiographical essay

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  • Author: Borges, Jorge Luis
    Contributor: Giovanni, Norman Thomas di
    Edition: 1st ed
    Date:
    Issued
    2013
    Summary:

    Dazzling and unmistakable in style, resonant in meaning, Jorge Luis Borges' 'The Aleph and Other Stories' contains the best of Borges' fiction. Included also is a lengthy autobiographical essay written especially for this volume. The twenty stories in this book cover the whole span and all the various facets of Borges' forty-year career as a short story writer. The collection is the most definitive and comprehensive available in English.

    Contents:
    • The Aleph
    • Streetcorner man
    • The approach to al-Mu¬tasim
    • The circular ruins
    • Death and the compass
    • The life of Tadeo Isidoro Cruz (1829-1874)
    • The two kings and their two labyrinths
    • The dead man
    • The other death
    • Ibn Hakkan al-Bokhari dead in his labyrinth
    • The man on the threshold
    • The challenge
    • The captive
    • Borges and myself
    • The maker
    • The intruder
    • The immortals
    • The meeting
    • Pedro Salvadores
    • Rosendo's tale
    • An autobiographical essay
    • Commentaries
    • Bibliographical note (p. 285-286).
    Genre:
    Short stories
    Subject(s): Argentina
    Original Publisher: New York, E. P. Dutton
    Language(s): English