The essential book by Jorge Luis Borges. I thought of a labyrinth, of a sinuous, growing labyrinth that would encompass the past and the future and that would somehow involve the stars. Ficciones is arguably Jorge Luis Borges' most renowned work and a milestone in the history ...
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The essential book by Jorge Luis Borges. I thought of a labyrinth, of a sinuous, growing labyrinth that would encompass the past and the future and that would somehow involve the stars. Ficciones is arguably Jorge Luis Borges' most renowned work and a milestone in the history of literature. Here you find the detective story («Death and the Compass») and the fantastic («The Lottery in Babylon»), the unreal («The Circular Ruins») and the imaginary («Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius»), what Borges perhaps considered his best story («The South») and one of the most captivating opening lines of a story ever written («Nobody saw him disembark in the unanimous night»). Each of the sixteen stories collected in this book is, in itself, a foundational piece and a celebration of the Borgesian universe. For some critics like Ricardo Piglia, Borges' influence is superior to that of Nobel Prize winner García Márquez, who, moreover, always confessed his unreserved admiration. Ficciones changed the way future generations wrote and read. Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges is considered... |
Editorial: LUMEN Fecha de publicación: Páginas: 208 Empastado: Tapa blanda Idioma: ES |
