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"The Circular Ruins"
Short story by Jorge Luis Borges
Poster created to illustrate the story
Original titleLas ruinas circulares
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish
Genre(s)Fantasy, short story
Publication
Published inFicciones, Labyrinths
Media typePrint
Publication date1940
Published in English1949
Pages7 (Bantam 1971 ed.)

"The Circular Ruins" (Spanish: Las ruinas circulares) is a short story by Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges. First published in the literary journal Sur in December 1940, it was included in the 1941 collection The Garden of Forking Paths (Spanish: El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan) and the 1944 collection Ficciones. It was first published in English in View (Series V, No. 6 1946), translated by Paul Bowles. Since publication, it has become one of Borges's best-known stories.[1]

The story is about a man who gradually dreams another man into existence in the ruins of an ancient temple. Though he is successful, the dreamer realizes at the story's conclusion that he himself is someone else's dream. Critics have interpreted "The Circular Ruins" as exploring themes of philosophical idealism, Gnosticism or kabbalism, and creativity.

  1. ^ Kodama, Maria (January 2, 2011). "Mr. Borges's Garden". The New York Times. Retrieved August 10, 2023.

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