The Aleph and Other Stories

The author is a famous writer and has got many awards to his credit. So, I dare not write a ‘literary’ review. Yet, after reading the book, I cannot keep quiet. I will jot down my impressions and call it quits.There were no blogs or Internet in the days that this book was written. The short stories (many are less than half a page) of this book fit the description of blogs better. Some, in fact, are not stories at all, but musings.One thing remarkable about the author is that the author is highly imaginative; irrationally so at tmes. Past, present, future, reality, the unreal, philosophy, mysticism, existing, non-existing, everything is jumbled up. Again and again, you can see that certain themes are repeated. The author seems to be obsessed by labyrinths. Every alternate story (not literally) has a labyrinth. Frankly, after a while one really gets bored. Thankfully, it is not a thick book.

Buen libro, pero comprad en librerías locales no en Amazon.

I've never come across a writer like this before. This book and Fictions are historic creations. I think Chekhov has competition for greatest short story writer of all time.

I bought it for the "Aleph" but, and, I also liked all the other stories. My first approach to Borges. Stimulating reading, well developed characters with some unexpected twists. I enjoyed it very much.

From the brilliant mind of Borges.