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5.0 out of 5 stars A great introduction to Borges ..., October 17, 2003
This review is from: El Hacedor (Paperback)
A long time ago, my teacher recommended me to read this book, because it was a great introduction to Borges. She was right: I loved it, and due to that was curious enough to go on reading other books written by him.

"El Hacedor" includes several short stories and some poems. All of them are quite different, but deeply original. My favorite is a poem called "Poema de los dones", where he tries to convey the great irony of the fact that he was made director of Argentina's National Library just when he was losing his sight. Poignant, caustic, but so "Borges", this poem is one of the best ones I've read. I'll copy part of it, so you can have an idea of what it is like:

"Nadie rebaje a lágrima o reproche
esta declaración de la maestría
de Dios, que con magnífica ironía
me dio a la vez los libros y la noche.

De esta ciudad de libros hizo dueños
a unos ojos sin luz, que sólo pueden
leer en las bibliotecas de los sueños
los insensatos párrafos que ceden
las albas a su afán. En vano el día
les prodiga sus libros infinitos,
arduos como los arduos manuscritos
que perecieron en Alejandría.

De hambre y de sed (narra una historia griega)
muere un rey entre fuentes y jardines;
yo fatigo sin rumbo los confines
de esa alta y honda biblioteca ciega.

Enciclopedias, atlas, el Oriente
y el Occidente, siglos, dinastías,
símbolos, cosmos y cosmogonías
brindan los muros, pero inútilmente.

Lento en mi sombra, la penumbra hueca
exploro con el báculo indeciso,
yo, que me figuraba el Paraíso
bajo la especie de una biblioteca".

I've read this poem many times, but every time I re-read it I marvel at how well he was able to write... The poem continues but if you want to read more, read the book. It's really worth it !!! :)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Los relatos en El Hacedor, September 25, 2008
Además de poesía, este libro incluye algunos de los mejores relatos de Borges.

Ésta es la lista de los cuentos:
A Leopoldo Lugones
El hacedor
Dreamtigers
Diálogo sobre un diálogo
Las uñas
Los espejos velados
Argumentum ornithologicum
El cautivo
El simulacro
Delia Elena San Marco
Diálogo de muertos
La trama
Un problema
Una rosa amarilla
El testigo
Martín Fierro
Mutaciones
Parábola de Cervantes y del Quijote
Paradiso, XXXI, 108
Parábola del palacio
Everything and nothing
Ragnarök
Inferno, I, 32
Borges y yo
Museo
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El hacedor / the Maker (Spanish Edition)
El hacedor / the Maker (Spanish Edition) by Jorge Luis Borges (Paperback - March 30, 2008)
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