The Aleph and Other Stories, 1933-1969: Together with Commentaries and an Autobiographical Essay by Jorge Luis Borges

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✅ Dimensions - 5.5 x 8.26 inches

✅ Language - ‎English

✅ Pages Amount 212

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Table of Contents -

• The Aleph and Other Stories 1933-1969
• The Aleph
• Streetcorner Man
• The Approach to al-Mu'tasim
• The Circular Ruins
• Death and the Compass
• The Life of Tadeo Isidoro Cruz (1829-1874)
• The Two Kings and Their Two Labyrinths
• The Dead Man
• The Other Death
• Ibn Hakkan al-Bokhari, Dead in His Labyrinth
• The Man on the Threshold
• The Challenge
• The Captive
• Borges and Myself
• The Maker
• The Intruder
• The Immortals
• The Meeting
• Pedro Salvadores
• Rosendo's Tale
• An Autobiographical Essay
• Commentaries
• Bibliographical Note

The Aleph and Other Stories, 1933–1969: Together with Commentaries and an Autobiographical Essay by Jorge Luis Borges is a collection that brings together some of his most celebrated short fiction, paired with his own commentaries and reflections.

The stories explore themes of infinity, time, memory, mirrors, labyrinths, fate, and the nature of reality—hallmarks of Borges’s literary imagination. The title story, The Aleph, centers on a mystical point in space that contains all other points, allowing one to see the entire universe simultaneously. Other tales blend philosophy, metaphysics, and fiction, often questioning the boundary between reality and imagination.

The accompanying commentaries provide Borges’s own insights into his inspirations and intentions, while the autobiographical essay gives a rare personal look at his life, intellectual influences, and artistic journey.