num_pages: 144
description: At the age of seventy, after a gap of twenty years, Jorge Luis Borges returned to writing short stories. In Brodie's Report, he returned also to the style of his earlier years with its brutal realism, nightmares &amp; bloodshed. Many of these stories, including Unworthy &amp; The Other Duel are set in the macho Argentinean underworld, &amp; even the rivalries between artists are suffused with suppressed violence. Throughout, opposing themes of fate &amp; free will, loyalty &amp; betrayal, time &amp; memory flicker in the recesses of these compelling stories, among the best Borges ever wrote.Includes the prose fiction from In praise of darkness
language: English
title: Brodie's Report
titlecomplete: Brodie's Report
genres: Fiction, Magical Realism, Short Stories, Spanish Literature, Latin American, Literature, Latin American Literature, Classics, 20th Century, Fantasy
ratings_count: 5229
publisher: Penguin Books Ltd