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  Title Orig La muerte y la brújula
  Translator Anthony Kerrigan
  Author Jorge Luis Borges
  Country Argentina
  Language Spanish
  Genre Fantasy , Short Story
  Published In '' Ficciones ''
  Publisher Editorial Sur
  Media Type Print
  Pub Date 1942
  English Pub Date 1954


"Death and the Compass" (original by Argentine writer and poet Jorge Luis Borges . Published in ''Sur'' in May 1942, it was included in the 1944 collection '' Ficciones ''. It was first translated into English in the ''New Mexico Quarterly'' (Autumn 1954).

A detective, Erik Lönnrot, attempts to solve a mysterious series of murders which seem to follow a kabbalistic pattern.


FILM AND TV ADAPTATIONS

  • In 1992, Alex Cox made a 55-minute English-language adaptation, '' Death And The Compass '', which was later expanded into a feature film released in 1996.