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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 part one of Ficciones (1944). Translated into English by John M. Fein, it was published in Prairie Schooner, Fall 1959, and in Labyrinths (New Directions, 1962).

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "The Lottery in Babylon" Short story by Jorge Luis Borges Original titleLa lotería en Babilonia TranslatorJohn M. Fain, Anthony Kerrigan, Norman Thomas di Giovanni, Andrew Hurley CountryArgentina LanguageSpanish GenresFantasy, short story Publication Published inFicciones Media typePrint Publication date1941 Published in English1962 "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…

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