Death and the Compass

by Jorge Luis Borges

"Death and the Compass" (original Spanish title: "La muerte y la brújula") is a short story by Argentine writer and poet Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986). Published in Sur in May 1942, it was included in the 1944 collection Ficciones. It was translated into English by Anthony Kerrigan and published in New Mexico Quarterly (Autumn 1954). A new translation, by Donald A. Yates, was published in Labyrinths (short story collection), New Directions, 1962.

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Genre:

Detective fiction

Original language:

Spanish language in South America