The Aleph (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Jorge Luis Borges
- First Published: 1945
- Type of Plot: Magical Realism
- Time of Work: February, 1929 to March, 1943
- Setting: Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Principal Characters: Borges, Beatriz Viterbo, Carlos Argentino Daneri
- Genres: Short fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Authors or writers, Literature, God, Fantasy
- Locales: Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Story
“The Aleph” begins with the narrator, Borges, recalling that on the February morning of Beatriz Viterbo's death, a billboard advertisement in the Plaza Constitucion was being changed. The observation prompts him to vow not to allow himself to be changed by life, and thus he intends to consecrate himself to the memory of his beloved. Every year on Beatriz's birthday (April 30), Borges returns to the house of her father and her cousin, Carlos Argentino Daneri. Whereas in the past it had been necessary to devise pretexts for his visits, the new circumstances permit...
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