The Perpetual Race of Achilles & the Tortoise

A collection of essays that discusses the existence (or non-existence) of Hell, the flaws in English literary detectives, the philosophy of contradictions, and the many translators of '1001 Nights'. It examines the very nature of our lives, from cinema and books to history and religion.

• Author
• Jorge Luis Borges

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 144

• Publisher
• Penguin Classics

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 978-0-14-119294-9

• EAN
• 9780141192949

• Genres
• essays, philosophy, classics, literature, theory

• Release date
• 2010