The Aleph
Author: Jorge Luis Borges
Although full of philosophical puzzles and supernatural surprises, the stories which make up The Aleph also contain some of Borges’s most fully realised 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 awaiti….Read More
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Brand
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Hopscotch
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Collected Fictions
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The Aleph and Other Stories
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