Una nueva edici n conmemorativa de la RAE y la ASALE que incluye lo major de la obra de Jorge Luis Borges. La obra fundamental del maestro de la ficci n contempor nea. El presente volumen incluye los textos ntegros de Ficciones y El Aleph, dos de sus obras narrativas m s representativas, as como una selecci n de sus poemas y textos ensay sticos. Una obra bella, pura y original escrita con un lenguaje aparentemente desnudo pero dotado de la precisi n de un bistur , y de un gran poder evocador y carga simb lica. Jorge Luis Borges naci el 24 de agosto de 1899 en Buenos Aires. Su obra ha sido traducida a m s de veinticinco idiomas, y actualmente Jorge Luis Borges es considerado uno de los m s importantes autores en lengua hispana de todos los tiempos. Muri en Ginebra el 14 de junio de 1986. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A new, commemorative edition by the Real Academia Espa ola and the ASALE that includes the best of Jorge Luis Borges's work. The fundamental works of the master of contemporary fiction. This volume includes the unabridged texts of Ficciones and El Aleph, two of his most representative narrative works, as well as a selection of his poems and essays. A beautiful, pure, and original work, written in a bare style but with the precision of a scalpel, and with great evocative power and symbolic weight. Jorge Luis Borges was born on August 24, 1899, in Buenos Aires. His works have been translated into more than 25 languages, and Borges is currently considered one of the most important Spanish-language authors of all time. He died in Geneva in 1986.