Fictions

Jorges Luis Borges was born in Buenos Aires in 1899 and educated in Europe. One of the most widely acclaimed writers of our time, he published many collections of poems, essays and short stories, before his death in Geneva in June 1986. He was showered with awards throughout his lifetime, and is highly regarded by critics.

And yet.. again I wasn't grabbed by the narrative. Collections of some short stories, such as Graham Greene's manage to a produce some of the depth of characterisation one would expect in a full novel, in each story.