In a story by this author, Carlos Daneiri's cellar contains a point from which all places are visible.
This author declared, "I don't believe in ... aesthetics. As a general rule, they are no more than useless abstractions" in the preface to a poetry collection. He wrote about a dying man who has been in heaven "every second since the moment of his death." "The End and the Beginning" appears in a collection where Abel asks Cain, "Was it you that killed me, or did I kill you?" This author of In Praise of Darkness dedicated to H.P. Lovecraft a story in which home renovations designed by Alexander Muir cause supernatural events. "There (*) Are More Things" appears in a collection by this author whose title story features a book in an unknown language with no beginning or end. In a story by this author, Carlos Daneiri's cellar contains a point from which all places are visible. For 10 points, name this author of The Book of Sand and "The Aleph."
This author declared, "I don't believe in ... aesthetics. As a general rule, they are no more than useless abstractions" in the preface to a poetry collection.
Jorge Luis Borges