El Aleph
Book • 1957
El Aleph centers on the narrator's discovery of the Aleph, a point in space that contains all other points, allowing one to see everything in the universe from every angle simultaneously.
Located in the basement of a house in Buenos Aires, the Aleph overwhelms the protagonist with a flood of images and sensations.
The story explores themes of infinity, memory, and the limits of human perception.
Borges uses the Aleph as a metaphor for the impossibility of capturing the totality of existence in a single moment or narrative.
The experience transforms the narrator, leaving him to grapple with the boundless and incomprehensible nature of the universe.
Located in the basement of a house in Buenos Aires, the Aleph overwhelms the protagonist with a flood of images and sensations.
The story explores themes of infinity, memory, and the limits of human perception.
Borges uses the Aleph as a metaphor for the impossibility of capturing the totality of existence in a single moment or narrative.
The experience transforms the narrator, leaving him to grapple with the boundless and incomprehensible nature of the universe.
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