- Anachronisms, speculative fiction, subjective idealism, duodecimals
A collection of his short stories in which Borges often uses the labyrinth as a literary device to expound his ideas on all aspects of human life and endeavor.
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Prestige, cool, contemplative and grave.
- unpretentiousprestige
- cooloverwhelming
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
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About the book
- Author
- Jorge Luis Borges
- First published
- 1945
- Pages
- 196
- Publisher
- G. einaudi, Seix Barral, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
- Editions
- 78
- Language
- Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese
- ISBN
- 9780802190734
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Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges (Buenos Aires, 24 de agosto de 1899 - Ginebra, 14 de junio de 1986), más conocido como Jorge Luis Borges, fue un destacado escritor de cuentos, poemas y ensayos argentino, extensamente considerado una figura clave tanto para la literatura en habla hispana como para la literatura universal. También fue bibliotecario, profesor, conferencista y traductor. Sus dos libros más conocidos, *Ficciones* y *El Aleph,* publicados en los años cuarenta, son recopilaciones de cuentos conectados por temas comunes de forma fantástica, como los sueños, los laberintos, las bibliotecas, los espejos, los autores ficticios y las mitologías europeas (como la griega y la nórdica)
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