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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0241339057
Publisher ‏ : ‎ PENGUIN UK (February 22, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 64 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780241339053
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0241339053
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.59 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.37 x 6.3 inches

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Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges KBE (/ˈbɔːrhɛs/; Spanish: [ˈxorxe ˈlwis ˈborxes] 24 August 1899 - 14 June 1986), was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, and a key figure in Spanish language literature. His work embraces the "character of unreality in all literature". His best-known books, Ficciones (Fictions) and El Aleph (The Aleph), published in the 1940s, are compilations of short stories interconnected by common themes, including dreams, labyrinths, libraries, mirrors, fictional writers, philosophy, and religion. Literary critics have described Borges as Latin America's monumental writer.

Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Photo by Grete Stern (1904-1999) (http://www.me.gov.ar/efeme/jlborges/1951-1960.html) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

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Ray G

Good book

Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2023

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Excellent monograph. Thank you.

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Ronald B Baldwin

53 Pages Total Contents on Approx 4x6 Sized Paper

Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2023

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So, I knew that this little volume would be small, but not this small. I decided that it should be returned when I felt it in delivery envelope.

Pity this volume as Jorge Luis Porges was a great writer. All of his short stories deserve far better treatment from publishers.

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TwoMetreBill

Strange but interesting

Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2018

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4-stars for those who like the unusual. 1-star for those into pop-novels.

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Mary L. Quijano

Deep, interesting and unique read

Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2020

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This is a collection of short stories, each with a unique insightful view of the way things are. I loved it.

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GJJ

Tough but fun to read

Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2019

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Borges at his best. Years before we knew about quantum mechanics, he wrote a book of short stories that seem to suggest a multi-verse.

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A famous mystery that you can solve if you try

Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2018

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A murder mystery of literary and labyrinthine proportions. When you meet Borges in the Afterlife, you'll want to be sure what time it is and where it will be!

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Richard_92

Thought-provoking, and written in an absorbing style

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 3, 2018

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My first Penguin Modern is a series of Borges' short stories, including his famous The Garden of Forking Paths, as well as The Book of Sand, The Circular Ruins, and Death and the Compass. There is also one page titled On Exactitude in Science. The stories are intricately written, and Borges' repertoire of language is on full display as he manages to conjure up absorbing short stories that make use of many philosophical and high literature tropes.

The brevity of Borges' writing is found throughout this edition, but none more so than the fascinating The Garden of Forking Paths. Set during the First World War, a Chinese spy living in England and working for Germany, has had his cover blown and he is on the run with sensitive information. Events take a philosophical turn as he encounters The Garden of Forking Paths, splits in time, rather than space, and all the possible outcomes that occur.

"The Garden of Forking Paths is a huge riddle, or parable, whose subject is time."

"(There is) an infinite series of times, in a dizzily growing, ever spreading network of diverging, converging and parallel times. This web of time--the strands of which approach one another, bifurcate, intersect or ignore each other through the centuries--embraces EVERY possibility."

Borges' work comes down to that point- we are living countless lives, where we all make different decisions, and end up making a variety of decisions different from the time we are inhabiting at this moment in time. I can see this short story being studied, debated and talked about by students, scholars, literature lovers and philosophers for any years to come.

My second favourite short story that I would like to discuss is The Book of Sand. A travelling Bible salesman sells a holy book from India, The Book of Sand, so called because “neither sand nor this book has a beginning or an end.” It is written in an unknown script, with occasionally illustrations, and page numbers that are non-sequential and change every time.

In this short story, readers might have a familiar image in their mind- Gollum from The Lord of the Rings, and his obsession with The One Ring. Of course there is a deeper meaning to the story, as is the case for all of the short stories in this collection, but again Borges uses the theme of time and the infinite. This time he utilises these themes in the form of a mysterious book, which mirrors man's search for the world's existence, concluding that it is endless and fruitless search.

This Penguin Modern of Borges' short stories was fascinating to read, and having been in a mindset to read something deemed a classic with a philosophical nature attributed to it- I have recently read and not enjoyed Kafka's The Trial- it was good to read Borges' work, as it was written in absorbing style, and the stories were succinct and thought-provoking.

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CASSINI24

Nice collection of some of Borge's greatest short stories

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 16, 2021

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A lovely book for readers to experience the magical and lyrical world of Borge's fiction for the first time. Several of his best short stories, which can each be read in one sitting - ranging from 45 minutes to 15 minutes - comprise this small volume. A pleasure to read.

Jake_reads_books

Quick but powerful read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 4, 2020

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This isn't a long book, but the stories within will really make you think. Borges short fiction is uniquely able to fill me with wonder. If you're a fan of thoughtful stories and have a spare £1 then this book is for you.

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Jem

Cute cover, great as small gifts

Reviewed in Australia on January 3, 2019

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As someone who is studying Spanish literature, I love gifting these cute editions of Jorge Luis Borges stories in English to introduce some of my friends to this great author. The whole Penguin Modern Classics series is super cute as a little literary gift or party favour, and often (though not so much in this case) introduces you to lesser-known short works by well-known authors.

Sara Borello

Borges's essence

Reviewed in Italy on January 30, 2019

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I really liked the book and the stories, the English translation was satisfacting.

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