El Aleph

The Aleph and Other Stories (Spanish:El Aleph, 1949) is a book of short stories by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges. The title work, The Aleph, describes an artifact (el Aleph) that can reveal the entire universe at once. The work also presents the idea of infinite time.

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  • 1949

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Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (pronounced /ˈhɔr.heɪ luˈiːs ˈbɔr.hɛz/; Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxorxe ˈlwis ˈborxes]; 24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986), best known as Jorge Luis Borges, was an Argentine writer, essayist and poet born in Buenos Aires. In 1914, his family moved to...

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