The Aleph

Name: The Aleph
Brand: Penguin Books Ltd
SKU: 9780141183831
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By Jorge Luis Borges

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

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The Aleph by Jorge Luis Borges is a collection of short stories that explore profound themes such as infinity, identity, and the nature of reality. Each story delves into complex, often fantastical situations, challenging perceptions of time and space through Borges's unique blend of philosophical thought and inventive narrative. The titular story revolves around the discovery of a point in space that contains all other points, offering a simultaneous vision of the universe.
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You might enjoy this book if you're captivated by thought-provoking stories that blend the mystical with the philosophical. The tales explore the nature of infinity, reality, and perception, offering a rich tapestry of imaginative and intriguing narratives that challenge and expand the mind.

The Aleph

A collection of short stories with such themes as dreams, labyrinths, mirrors, infinite libraries, the manipulations of chance, gaucho knife-fighters, transparent tigers and the elusive nature of identity itself.

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Borges' stories have a deceptively simple, almost laconic style. In maddeningly ingenious stories that play with the very form of the short story, Borges returns again and again to his themes—dreams, labyrinths, mirrors, infinite libraries, the manipulations of chance, gaucho knife-fighters, transparent tigers and the elusive nature of identity itself.

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Series: Penguin Modern Classics

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The Aleph by Jorge Luis Borges is praised for its innovative contribution to the language of fiction, influencing notable novelists like Gabriel García Márquez and Mario Vargas Llosa. J.M. Coetzee acknowledges Borges's pivotal role in opening new pathways for Spanish-American literature, while John Updike admires how Borges elevates fiction beyond conventional storytelling.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141183831

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 September 2000

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

Translated by Andrew Hurley
Translated by Andrew Hurley

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 170g

Pages: 224

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Fiction General Fiction Jorge Luis Borges Literary Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics Series: Penguin Modern Classics

About the Author

Borges was born in Buenos Aires in 1899. A poet, critic and short story writer, he received numerous awards for his work including the 1961 International Publisher's Prize (shared with Samuel Beckett). He died in 1986. He has a reasonable claim, with Kafka and Joyce, to be the most influential writer of the 20th Century.