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Man on Pink Corner" (original Spanish title: "Hombre de la Esquina Rosada") is a short story by Argentine writer and poet Jorge Luis Borges. It is the first of several stories he wrote concerning duels between knife-fighters, which Borges recognized as one of his archetypal themes.
Labyrinths (1962, 1964, 1970, 1983) is a collection of short stories and essays by Argentine writer and poet Jorge Luis Borges.It was translated into English, published soon after Borges won the International Publishers' Prize with Samuel Beckett.
Borges starts the story narrating as himself as he is forced to stop in a small town run by the unnamed Irishman, who is known as strict but fair. Borges ingratiates himself with the Irishman, and they go out to drink together on the patio. Borges gets drunk and asks about the origin of a crescent-shaped scar on the Irishman's face.
Come celebrate Reader's Digest's 100th anniversary with a century of funny jokes, moving quotes, heartwarming stories, and riveting dramas. The post 100 Years of Reader’s Digest: People, Stories ...
Ficciones (in English: "Fictions") is a collection of short stories by Argentine writer and poet Jorge Luis Borges, originally written and published in Spanish between 1941 and 1956.
The Cop and the Anthem (1904), a well-known short story by O. Henry; Mad Bull 34 (1986–1990) manga by Kazuo Koike. Also adapted into a four episode OVA (1990–1992) and spawned a sequel manga, Mad Bull 2000 (1999–2002) (Officer John "Sleepy" Estes a.k.a. Mad Bull, Officer Daizaburo Ban, Lieutenant Perrine Valley, Chief Alan)
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The story's theme has been said to foreshadow the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. [1] [2] It may have been inspired by work of the philosopher and science fiction author Olaf Stapledon. [1] Borges's vision of "forking paths" has been cited as inspiration by numerous new media scholars, in particular within the field of ...