El Aleph / The Aleph (Spanish Edition)
Language: Spanish
Published by Vintage Espanol, 2012
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- Title
- El Aleph / The Aleph (Spanish Edition)
- Author
- Borges, Jorge Luis
- Publisher
- Vintage Espanol
- Publication year
- 2012
- Condition
- very_good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- Spanish
- ISBN 10
- 0307950948
- ISBN 13
- 9780307950949
Considerado uno de los escritores más influyentes del siglo XX en cualquier idioma, la obra de Jorge Luis Borges continúa inspirando a nuevas generaciones de lectores gracias al deslumbrante poder de sus imágenes y la inmensa profundidad de sus temas.
Originalmente publicada en 1949, esta colección reúne dieciocho relatos entre los que se encuentra algunos de los más admirados cuentos de la literatura: "El Aleph", la clásica historia de una resplandeciente esfera en la que confluyen de un modo asombroso todos los tiempos y todos los espacios en el universo; "El Zahir", una fascinante reflexión sobre la obsesión, Borges narra la historia de un objeto que inspira la fascinación inmediata de todos aquellos que lo ven hasta consumir su atención y realidad completa; y "El Inmortal", un inquietante viaje a través de la Ciudad de los Inmortales, un laberíntico mundo en el que todo, incluso los edificios y las escaleras, aparece caóticamente irregular o invertido.
Juntos, estos dieciocho relatos, cada uno singularmente original y complejo a su manera, representan una pieza clave en el museo de la obra del maestro argentino, así como en los anales de la literatura universal.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Full of philosophical puzzles and supernatural surprises, these stories contain some of Borges's most fully realized 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 awaiting his assassin in a Buenos Aires guest house.
The Aleph, describes a point in space that contains all other spaces at once. The work also presents the idea of infinite time. Borges writes in the original afterword, dated May 3, 1949 (Buenos Aires), that most of the stories belong to the genre of fantasy, mentioning themes such as identity and immortality. Borges added four new stories to the collection in the 1952 edition, for which he provided a brief postscript to the afterword.
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About the Author
Jorge Luis Borges nació en 1899 en Buenos Aires. En 1914 se mudó con su familia a Suiza y vivió también en España, donde comenzó a publicar en distintas revistas literarias. En 1921, de regreso en Buenos Aires, participó activamente de la vida cultural del momento; fundó las revistas Prisma y Proa, y firmó el primer manifiesto ultraísta. En 1923 publicó su libro de poesía Fervor de Buenos Aires y en 1935, Historia universal de la infamia. En las décadas siguientes, su obra crece: publica diversos libros de poesía, cuento y ensayo, así como numerosos trabajos en colaboración. Fue presidente de la Sociedad Argentina de Escritores, director de la Biblioteca Nacional, miembro de la Academia Argentina de Letras, profesor universitario y conferencista. Entre los premios que obtuvo, cabe destacar el Premio Nacional de Literatura, el Formentor y el Cervantes. Considerado uno de los más importantes autores en lengua hispana de todos los tiempos, recibió el título de doctor honoris causa de las universidades de Columbia, Yale, Oxford, Michigan, Santiago de Chile, La Sorbona y Harvard. Falleció en Ginebra en 1986.
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