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| "The Other" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Jorge Luis Borges | |
| Original title | El otro |
| Country | Argentina |
| Language | Spanish |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy, short story |
| Publication | |
| Published in | The Book of Sand |
| Publisher | Imprenta de Francisco A. Colombo, Buenos Aires |
| Media type | |
| Publication date | 1972 |
| Pages | 10 (Dutton 1977 ed.) |
| Series | 12 |
"The Others" (original Spanish title: "El otro") is a 1972 short story by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges (1901-1975), collected in the anthology The Book of Sand (1975, English translation 1977).
The story is an ostensibly autobiographical account of Borges meeting his younger, 19-year-old self. The young and old versions of Borges disagree on their approaches to fiction and poetry, as well as their attitude toward communism. The story is based on Giovanni Papini's Two Reflections in a Pond, and also parallels Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Double: A Petersburg Poem, which is referenced in the story itself.[1]
- ^ Kristal, Efraín (2013). "The Book of Sand and Shakespeare's Memory". In Williamson, Edwin (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Jorge Luis Borges. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 164–165. ISBN 978-0-521-19339-9.