The Aleph by Jorge Luis Borges - Short Story Summary, Analysis, Review

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Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Was there a theme or meaning you wanted us to talk about further? Let us know in the comments below! Let's talk about infinity, space, and essence in "The Aleph" by Jorge Luis Borges! Our copy was translated by Andrew Hurley.
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@TheCodeXCantina Год назад

Thanks for Watching!

@stevereyyt Год назад

Fantastic analysis. I got the unreliable narrator who was so full of himself that he really was describing himself when describing is Carlos Argentino.

@pablodavidflores Год назад

One of the themes of this story is the absurdness of trying to understand (let alone describe) a thing in its entirety. That's why Borges makes fun of Daneri's poem-because Daneri thinks he can write the best poem in history by describing every last piece of Earth. Borges instead gives up even before trying to describe the universe seen in the Aleph, and resorts to a heterogeneous enumeration, a device that recurs in his writing, to give us a truly poetic idea of what the experience was like.

@BrandonsBookshelf Год назад

Oh man, sold. I will 100% be reading this either this month or next. I loveeee Borges as you know, but have not done this one.

@TheExceptionalState Год назад

Beatrice was also the one who took him, Dante, to Paradise and continually intercedes on his behalf. Perhaps this is true love, rather than unrequited love..

@dugldoo Год назад

You guys did well! Borges the bibliophile was a great intertextualist, and there's lots here (Daneri ->Dante Alighieri). He was a Poe fan. Here Daneri is Montresor, Borges is Fortunato, the pseudo-cognac is the wine Montresor plied Fortunato with, and the alluring Aleph is the Cask of Amontillado. Borges panics when he realizes the trap he walked into. Then the Aleph shows him his own insignificance, the true relationship between Beatriz and Daneri, and terrifies him with the idea Daneri has been looking in on him and knows him, including his petty jealousies and phoniness, just like Montresor knew Fortunato. No wonder when he gets out of the basement Borges glosses over his experience.

@giselleescobedo6109 Год назад

I just reread the story, cause the first time I didn't quite get it. True! There's lots to unpack in such a tiny story. You guys will enjoy Bestiary by Julio Cortazar it gives the same vibes as this one.