By Pink Pugz 4 life
Jorge Luis Borges was born in Buenos Aires in 1899 and died in Geneva in June 1986. Borges’ was one of the most widely acclaimed writers of our time. He published many collections of poem, essays, and short stories. Borges’ received many awards, for example the Publishers’ prize, the first of many degrees of Doctor of Letters, the fifth biennial Jerusalem Prize and the Gerardo Diego de Cervantes Prize.
The “Secret Miracle” took place in Prague around the time of the holocaust. The main character Hladik is faced with death because he signed an article that was against the Nazi’s. he is told that he will die with a gunshot at 9 o’clock in the morning on the twenty-ninth of March. Hladik was a marvelous author who wrote all types of writings. Out of all of his books, articles and plays, his most loved one was his play “The Enemies”. Anyhow, while Hladik is being kept captive before his shooting, he decides that he is desperate to finish his most treasured work. He prays to G-d to give him another year for him to finish his story. The day of his death comes and he still doesn’t know how his extra year will be granted.
The Secret Miracle is a very complex story. Half of our group didn’t like the story; they felt it was hard to understand, the words were too difficult and that the writer could have a done a better job at explaining his thoughts. In the other hand, the rest of the group felt like it was an entertaining challenge; they said that it wasn’t the typical story they would go for but once they read it a couple of times, they feel in love with the plot. We would recommend this story to those readers who are up for the challenge or very advanced ones interested in complex short stories
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