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A review by lordenglishssbm
The Aleph and Other Stories by Jorge Luis Borges
3.0
This is a review of The Alpeh section only, and the edition I read was in the Collected Fictions version of Borges' stories.
I didn't like it as much as Ficciones. Borges' fascination with labyrinths is stronger, and unfortunately it starts to overwhelm the work. Almost every story here is some kind of take on a labyrinth, or involves a labyrinth, but he's not quite as inventive this time as he was before. At times the motif seems to feel more like the point, and the philosophical exploration is twisted in order to fit it. The collection comes alive for Deutsches Requiem, which is by far the most disturbing story here, but while the others are well-written, they just don't stick out to me quite as much as Borges' previous stories.
I didn't like it as much as Ficciones. Borges' fascination with labyrinths is stronger, and unfortunately it starts to overwhelm the work. Almost every story here is some kind of take on a labyrinth, or involves a labyrinth, but he's not quite as inventive this time as he was before. At times the motif seems to feel more like the point, and the philosophical exploration is twisted in order to fit it. The collection comes alive for Deutsches Requiem, which is by far the most disturbing story here, but while the others are well-written, they just don't stick out to me quite as much as Borges' previous stories.