By Jorge Luis Borges
“Uno de los artistas contemporáneos más memorables… los angeles deuda que tenemos contraída con él quienes escribimos en español es enorme”. —Mario Vargas Llosa
Considerado uno de los escritores más influyentes del siglo XX en cualquier idioma, los angeles obra de Jorge Luis Borges continúa inspirando a nuevas generaciones de lectores gracias al deslumbrante poder de sus imágenes y los angeles 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 l. a. literatura: “El Aleph”, los angeles clásica historia de una resplandeciente esfera en l. a. que confluyen de un modo asombroso todos los tiempos y todos los espacios en el universo; “El Zahir”, una fascinante reflexión sobre l. a. obsesión, Borges narra l. a. historia de un objeto que inspira l. a. fascinación inmediata de todos aquellos que lo ven hasta consumir su atención y realidad completa; y “El Inmortal”, un inquietante viaje a través de los angeles Ciudad de los Inmortales, un laberíntico mundo en el que todo, incluso los edificios y las escaleras, aparece caóticamente abnormal o invertido.
Juntos, estos dieciocho relatos, cada uno singularmente unique y complejo a su manera, representan una pieza clave en el museo de l. a. obra del maestro argentino, así como en los anales de los angeles literatura common.
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Aldovar tried to say, but Deborah plowed on. “This is no help,” Debs said. ” “A kidnapper,” Special Agent Recht said. ” Deborah turned and looked at her, and the expression on her face was truly wonderful to see. With just a few rearranged facial muscles and one small raised eyebrow, Debs managed to say, How is it possible that someone this stupid can tie her own shoes and walk among us? ” Deborah’s new partner, Deke, give a vacuous syllable of laughter, and Recht blushed. “Let me see that paper,” Recht said again.
She immediately began to blush. ” Coulter, Deborah’s previous partner, had been killed as part of a performance art piece while Deborah lay in the hospital, and even though his funeral had been very nice I was sure the department was watching Deborah very carefully now, since they frowned on cops who developed the habit of carelessness with partners. Deborah just shook her head and muttered something I didn’t quite catch, although I heard several hard consonants in it. So because I always try to bring cheer wherever I go, I changed the subject.
Put that way, in clear and logical form, it made perfect sense for me to feel uneasy. Lily Anne was being stalked by an idiot. Me. FIVE I SPENT AN HOUR SITTING WITH RITA AND WATCHING LILY Anne sleep, fuss, and feed. Objectively speaking, it was not really a great deal of activity, but it was far more enjoyable and interesting than I would have imagined. I suppose it is no more than a form of egotism to find your own baby so very fascinating—certainly, I had never found other babies compelling—but whatever it might say about me, I did it now and I liked it.