Additional Resources for The Aleph by Jorge Luis Borges

Borges, Jorge Luis, "An Autobiographical Essay," in The Aleph and Other Stories 1933-1969, E. P. Dutton, 1978.

This essay, first published in the New Yorker magazine in 1970, offers a glimpse of Borges's childhood reading habits and life as an up-and-coming writer in Buenos Aires.

_____, Other Inquisitions 1937-1952, University of Texas Press, 1988.

This volume contains over thirty of Borges's essays; the topics range from literature and history to the nature of time.

_____, A Universal History of Infamy, Penguin Books, 1975.

Borges's first collection was originally written for the pages of an Argentinian newspaper. A reader of this entertaining volume will note Borges's trademark blending of fact and fiction.

Burgin, Richard, ed., Jorge Luis Borges: Conversations, University Press of Mississippi, 1998.

This collection features the text of sixteen conversations with Borges, ranging from 1966 to 1985. There is also a valuable index, so readers can quickly find Borges's opinions on a number of...