One character in this story wants to sue the owners of a "salon-bar" for $50,000, but admits he hasn't hired the lawyer yet. This story opens on a "burning February morning" as the narrator studies a photograph of his love wearing a mask during Carnival. The narrator is inst
One character in this story wants to sue the owners of a "salon-bar" for $50,000, but admits he hasn't hired the lawyer yet. This story opens on a "burning February morning" as the narrator studies a photograph of his love wearing a mask during Carnival. The narrator is instructed to sprawl on the (*) 19th step of a staircase by Carlos Argentino Daneri where, through the title "iridescent sphere of unbearable brilliance," he can see the rotting corpse of Beatriz Viterbo. For 10 points, name this Borges story titled for a point from which everything can be seen.
One character in this story wants to sue the owners of a "salon-bar" for $50,000, but admits he hasn't hired the lawyer yet.
"The Aleph" [accept "El Aleph"]