The Lottery in Babylon
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"The Lottery in Babylon" (original Spanish: "La lotería en Babilonia", "The Babylon Lottery") is a fantasy short story by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges. It first appeared in 1941 in the literary magazine Sur, and was then included in the 1941 collection The Garden of Forking Paths (El jardín de los senderos que se bifurcan), which in turn became the part one of Ficciones (1944).
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"The Lottery in Babylon" | |
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Short story by Jorge Luis Borges | |
Original title | La lotería en Babilonia |
Translator | John M. Fain, Anthony Kerrigan, Norman Thomas di Giovanni, Andrew Hurley |
Country | Argentina |
Language | Spanish |
Genre(s) | Fantasy, short story |
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Published in | Ficciones |
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Publication date | 1941 |
Published in English | 1962 |
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