by Jorge Luis Borges · Emece · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789500400626
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«El informe de Brodie» is a book of eleven short stories by writer Jorge Luis Borges, published by Emecé in paperback (160 pages, in Spanish).
The eleven stories show Jorge Luis Borges in a more direct vein than his previous books: there are knife-fighters, duels and violent fates, alongside fantastic tales and fables with a classical air. It closes with the imaginary report that gives the volume its title, inspired by Swift and Voltaire.
The work originally appeared in 1970; the present edition is from March 1996.
For readers of short fiction and classic Argentine literature, or for those who want to see a more direct Borges than the one of El Aleph or Ficciones.
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator regarded as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature. His best-known works, Ficciones (transl. Fictions) and El Aleph, published in the 1940s, are collections of short stories exploring motifs such as dreams, labyrinths, chance, infinity, archives, mirrors, fictional writers, and mythology. Borges's works have contributed to philosophical literature and the fantasy genre, and have had a major influence on the magical realist movement in 20th century Latin American literature.
