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Biographies of Villains
Borges's first novel, published in 1935, tells the stories of "villains" from all over the world, including slave traders in the American South, gang leaders in New York, and British tramps who pretend to be descendants of noble families. They even include Kira Uenosuke, a courtesy official in Japan's Edo shogunate period who insulted the Ako feudal lord and was eventually avenged, and Widow Zheng, a female pirate in the Qing Dynasty in China. The real historical background is intertwined with t
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Deep Rose
Borges's poetry collection "Deep Rose", created in 1975, contains twenty-seven poems. The author has deep knowledge of the aesthetic theory and creative practice of poetry. He proposed that "language is a symbol of magic, but it has been intensified by time. The poet's mission is to restore its original advantages that have now been lost." At the same time, Borges proposed the tasks of poetry: first, to convey accurate facts, and second, to give us practical touches like the close sea. In this c
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A Garden with Forking Paths
A collection of novels, published in 1941, including seven short stories. Among them, "The Garden of Forking Paths" is Borges's most well-known work. It is a "detective novel in which the reader sees the implementation process and all the preparations for a crime." The spy Yu Zhun evaded the tracking of British officers and sneaked into the home of Sinologist Albert. He and Albert talked about a messy novel manuscript called "The Garden of Forking Paths", and suddenly shot and killed Albert, the
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