By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘The Garden of Forking Paths’, first published in the collection of that name in 1941, is one of the most famous stories by the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges. Perhaps surprisingly given Borges’ reputation and the difficulties of categorising his work into a particular […]
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10 of the Best Jorge Luis Borges Stories Everyone Should Read
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) The Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) never won the Nobel Prize for Literature, nor did he write a novel. But he is widely regarded as one of the most significant writers of the twentieth century, was a considerable influence on magic realism, and […]
A Summary and Analysis of Jorge Luis Borges’ ‘The Circular Ruins’
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘The Circular Ruins’, first published in 1940, is one of the most richly symbolic short stories by the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges. One of his most powerful and suggestive explorations of the nature of reality and dreams, ‘The Circular Ruins’ can variously be […]
A Summary and Analysis of Jorge Luis Borges’ ‘The Lottery in Babylon’
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘The Lottery in Babylon’, a short story by Jorge Luis Borges first published in 1941, is among his most ‘Kafkaesque’ tales, bearing the influence of the Czech writer in a number of its key aspects. At the time, Borges was working a rather unfulfilling […]