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• A masterful collection which contains some of Borges' most brilliant puzzles. A particular highlight are the twin stories 'El Zahir' and 'El Aleph', two stories around the motif of obsession and madness, with a curious undercurrent of sexual longing and jealousy.

  5.00 out of 5

  MariaAlhambra

• Borges is one of the greatest writers of the 20th century, and in <I>The Aleph</I> he shows his strength in a way that will leave you awestruck: the prose is so rich and evocative it's almost ridiculous, and it almost feels as a force of nature as it sweeps you along. Borges recurring themes - books, labyrinths, mirrors, myth, libraires, sotorytelling - makes the stories twist and turn and fold back into themselves and each other untill you're dizzy with delight. This truly is fiction fit for the ages.

  5.00 out of 5

  Jannes

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