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Jorge Luis Borges: Werke in 20 Bänden (Werkausgabe)
Mord nach Modell
Die Zusammenarbeit der beiden großen Autoren (Bioy + Borges = Biorges) erzeugte einen von beiden unabhängigen Schriftsteller namens H. Bustos Domecq oder B. Suárez Lynch. ›Sechs Aufgaben für Don Isidro Parodi‹, sein erstes Werk, ist zugleich Parodie und literarische Überhöhung der Kriminalgeschichte - der Detektiv, der Recht und Ordnung herstellen sollte, sitzt unschuldig im Gefängnis, kann die Zelle nicht verlassen und hat Fälle zu lösen, indem er aus dem exaltierten Geschwätz seiner skurrilen Besucher die Fakten herausfiltert. In ›Zwei denkwürdige Phantasien‹ macht der fiktive Autor furchtbare Gottesvisionen zu banalen Bestandteilen des täglichen Lebens von Buenos Aires, indem er sie mit einem Wust von Nebensächlichkeiten verquickt. In ›Ein Modell für den Tod‹, einer bissigen antiperonistischen Kriminalsatire, geht es um die argentinische Gesellschaft und nur scheinbar um einen Mordfall, bei dem Chestertons Father Brown Pate gestanden hat.
285 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 1993
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Jorge Luis Borges
1,594 books14.4k followersJorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo 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 (transl. The 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 magic realist movement in 20th century Latin American literature.
Born in Buenos Aires, Borges later moved with his family to Switzerland in 1914, where he studied at the Collège de Genève. The family travelled widely in Europe, including Spain. On his return to Argentina in 1921, Borges began publishing his poems and essays in surrealist literary journals. He also worked as a librarian and public lecturer. In 1955, he was appointed director of the National Public Library and professor of English Literature at the University of Buenos Aires. He became completely blind by the age of 55. Scholars have suggested that his progressive blindness helped him to create innovative literary symbols through imagination. By the 1960s, his work was translated and published widely in the United States and Europe. Borges himself was fluent in several languages.
In 1961, he came to international attention when he received the first Formentor Prize, which he shared with Samuel Beckett. In 1971, he won the Jerusalem Prize. His international reputation was consolidated in the 1960s, aided by the growing number of English translations, the Latin American Boom, and by the success of Gabriel García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude. He dedicated his final work, The Conspirators, to the city of Geneva, Switzerland. Writer and essayist J.M. Coetzee said of him: "He, more than anyone, renovated the language of fiction and thus opened the way to a remarkable generation of Spanish-American novelists."
Born in Buenos Aires, Borges later moved with his family to Switzerland in 1914, where he studied at the Collège de Genève. The family travelled widely in Europe, including Spain. On his return to Argentina in 1921, Borges began publishing his poems and essays in surrealist literary journals. He also worked as a librarian and public lecturer. In 1955, he was appointed director of the National Public Library and professor of English Literature at the University of Buenos Aires. He became completely blind by the age of 55. Scholars have suggested that his progressive blindness helped him to create innovative literary symbols through imagination. By the 1960s, his work was translated and published widely in the United States and Europe. Borges himself was fluent in several languages.
In 1961, he came to international attention when he received the first Formentor Prize, which he shared with Samuel Beckett. In 1971, he won the Jerusalem Prize. His international reputation was consolidated in the 1960s, aided by the growing number of English translations, the Latin American Boom, and by the success of Gabriel García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude. He dedicated his final work, The Conspirators, to the city of Geneva, Switzerland. Writer and essayist J.M. Coetzee said of him: "He, more than anyone, renovated the language of fiction and thus opened the way to a remarkable generation of Spanish-American novelists."
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September 19, 2025
Ich hatte große Schwierigkeiten, dem Ganzen zu folgen. Vielleicht lag es an der Übersetzung, vielleicht an den vielen Anspielungen auf die argentinische Kultur der 1930er/40er Jahre oder einfach daran, dass die Fälle sprachlich und inhaltlich sehr aufgeblasen wirken. Habe eben erst gelesen, dass die Geschichten als Parodie „klassischer“ Krimis gedacht sind. Unter diesem Blickwinkel ergibt der Aufbau zwar mehr Sinn, aber Freude am Lesen hatte ich leider trotzdem keine.
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