Ficciones

short stories by Borges

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Ficciones is a collection of short stories by the Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges, first published in 1944. The stories are celebrated for the rich, dreamlike worlds they create and for their complex symbolism. Borges's work often explores themes of labyrinths, mirrors, and the nature of reality, blending philosophical concepts with fantastical narratives. This collection is considered a cornerstone of 20th-century world literature, showcasing Borges's unique style and imaginative power.12

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Jorge Luis Borges
Life
…stories, those later collected in Ficciones (1944, revised 1956; “Fictions,” Eng. trans. Ficciones) and the volume of English translations titled The Aleph, and Other Stories, 1933–1969 (1970). During this time, he and another writer, Adolfo Bioy Casares, jointly wrote detective stories under the pseudonym H. Bustos Domecq (combining ancestral names…
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…stories, those later collected in Ficciones (1944, revised 1956; “Fictions,” Eng. trans. Ficciones) and the volume of English translations titled The Aleph, and Other Stories, 1933–1969 (1970). During this time, he and another writer, Adolfo Bioy Casares, jointly wrote detective stories under the pseudonym H. Bustos Domecq (combining ancestral names…
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Latin American literature
The modern novel
Ficciones), which contains some of his classics, such as “Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius,” “La muerte y la brújula” (“Death and the Compass”), and “Pierre Menard, autor del Quijote” (“Pierre Menard, Author of the Quijote”). These are texts that so unsettle the norms of realist fiction…
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Ficciones), which contains some of his classics, such as “Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius,” “La muerte y la brújula” (“Death and the Compass”), and “Pierre Menard, autor del Quijote” (“Pierre Menard, Author of the Quijote”). These are texts that so unsettle the norms of realist fiction…
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short story
The 20th century
…an international following with his Ficciones, stories that involved the reader in dazzling displays of erudition and imagination, unlike anything previously encountered in the genre. Similarly, the American Donald Barthelme’s composition consisted of bits and pieces of, e.g., television commercials, political speeches, literary allusions, eavesdropped conversations, graphic symbols, dialogue from…
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…an international following with his Ficciones, stories that involved the reader in dazzling displays of erudition and imagination, unlike anything previously encountered in the genre. Similarly, the American Donald Barthelme’s composition consisted of bits and pieces of, e.g., television commercials, political speeches, literary allusions, eavesdropped conversations, graphic symbols, dialogue from…
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