The aleph

including the prose fictions from The Maker

Jorge Luis Borges

About this book

Twenty fictional pieces survey the depth and range of the distinguished Argentine writer's forty-year career as he journeys inside the minds of an unrepentant Nazi, an imprisoned Maya priest, fanatical Christian theologians, a man awaiting his assassin, and a woman plotting vengeance on her father's "killer."

Subjects

  • fiction
  • long now manual for civilization
  • short stories
  • social life and customs