The Aleph and other stories, 1933-1969
Subtitle: together with commentaries and an autobiographical essay
By: Edited and translated by Norman Thomas di Giovanni in collaboration with the author.
Edition: [1st ed.]. --
Publisher: E. P. Dutton
Published: 1978
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
Work titles: Prose works.
Description: "Dazzling and unmistakable in style, resonant in meaning, Jorge Luis Borges' The Aleph and Other Stories contains the best of Borges' fiction. Included also is a lengthy autobiographical essay written especially for this volume. The twenty stories in this book cover the whole span and all the various facets of Borges' forty-year career as a short story writer. The collection is the most definitive and comprehensive available in English"--Book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The Aleph.; title: Streetcorner man.; title: The approach to al-Muʻtasim.; title: The circular ruins.; title: Death and the compass.; title: The life of Tadeo Isidoro Cruz (1829-1874); title: The two kings and their two labyrinths.; title: The dead man.; title: The other death.; title: Ibn Hakkan al-Bokhari dead in his labyrinth.; title: The man on the threshold.; title: The challenge.; title: The captive.; title: Borges and myself.; title: The maker.; title: The intruder.; title: The immortals.; title: The meeting.; title: Pedro Salvadores.; title: Rosendo's tale.; title: An autobiographical essay.; title: Commentaries; title: Bibliographical note (p. 285-286)