false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165546878m/5787.jpg 5787 35 Full of philosophical puzzles and supernatural surprises, these stories contain some of Borges's most fully realized human characters. With uncanny insight he takes us inside the minds of an unrepentant Nazi, an imprisoned Mayan priest, fanatical Christian theologians, a woman plotting vengeance on her father's &#147;killer,&#148; and a man awaiting his assassin in a Buenos Aires guest house. This volume also contains the hauntingly brief vignettes about literary imagination and personal identity collected in <I>The Maker</I>, which Borges wrote as failing eyesight and public fame began to undermine his sense of self. 2707897 book 1949 The Aleph and Other Stories (Penguin Classics) total:1393|5:844|4:405|3:123|2:16|1:5| 1393 6246 1873 76 5 3 false false Fri Mar 06 09:49:00 -0800 2009 Fri May 18 19:37:32 -0700 2007 Fri Mar 06 09:49:00 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Nov 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 12:52:24 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 13:00:42 -0800 2009
Yeah, well, there is also a lovely fashion model named Teodelina Villar. He has a pair of detectives named Dunraven and Unwin—styled in the manner of G. K. Chester...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 10:41:05 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 10:57:28 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Thu Sep 03 06:14:38 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 08:19:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 13:29:16 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 09:20:06 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 3 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994 Thu Mar 06 10:03:09 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 06 10:09:04 -0800 2008
I keep coming back to these stories and those in Labyrinths. Borges captures so much, ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat May 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 11:16:29 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 16:48:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 07:16:33 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 13:39:08 -0800 2009 At first Sr. Villari never left the house, but after a few weeks had passed he started going out for a while at nightfall. In the evening he would occasionally go into the motion-picture theater three blocks away. He never sat nearer to the screen than the last row;...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Oct 29 15:33:21 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 22 18:00:36 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jan 25 12:13:05 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 25 12:14:56 -0800 2008 5 1 false false Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 14:54:03 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 02:51:43 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Sun Apr 26 15:10:51 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 15:11:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jan 16 11:06:30 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 21 12:57:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 12:47:25 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 12:49:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 03 01:52:30 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 01:53:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 04 14:36:50 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 08 12:24:00 -0700 2007
...Borges, put simply, makes me happy to be alive. His stories, while incredibly short, are more satisfying than many novels I've read. It makes sen...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Dec 14 09:06:59 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 09:12:08 -0800 2008 claro para los que hayan leido la divina comedia.]]> 5 0 true false Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 16:22:55 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 16:27:21 -0700 2009 4 5 0 false false Tue Jul 28 17:23:19 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 17:27:35 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 21:05:40 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 21:49:04 -0800 2009 Labyrinths, proving that his work rewards further study (for me at least). I may have to do a complete reread.]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5787