Thematically, the common thread among the three short stories “The Secret Miracle” by Jorge Luis Borges , “Journey Back to the Source” by Alejo Carpentier, and Julio Cortazar’s “Continuity of Parks” is the manipulation of time. Each use the cyclical nature of time to tackle a sort of worldly completion. Hladik finishes his book, the reader in “Continuity of Parks” becomes the ultimate reader by being completely absorbed by his book, the house in “Journey Back to the Source” comes full circle and fulfills its own destiny without the workmen’s demolition.
The stories focus on what altercations of time and space allow–the power of literary manipulation of the experienced world, but time also plays an active role. Time is not innocent in these
The stories focus on what altercations of time and space allow–the power of literary manipulation of the experienced world, but time also plays an active role. Time is not innocent in these