by Jorge Luis Borges · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420633152
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«Historia de la eternidad» is Jorge Luis Borges's collection of essays, published by Alianza in paperback (177 pages, in Spanish).
In the essay that gives the book its title, Borges contrasts the Alexandrian eternity of Platonic origin with the Christian one formulated by Saint Augustine. He then examines Nietzsche's eternal return and theories of history as repetition, and analyzes the versions of One Thousand and One Nights to show how culture conditions translation.
Fifth title in the Biblioteca Borges collection, within Alianza's El Libro de Bolsillo; 1997 edition.
For readers of philosophical essays and literature: it serves both the general public and those approaching Borges in a university setting.
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.
