The Circular Ruins

Summary

The Circular Ruins is a literary work^[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (97 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• The Circular Ruins authored Jorge Luis Borges^[3].
• The Circular Ruins's image is recorded as Las ruinas circulares - Fan art by Ricardo Garbini.jpg^[4].
• The Circular Ruins's instance of is recorded as literary work^[5].
• The Circular Ruins's genre is recorded as fantasy^[6].
• The Circular Ruins's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 177154891^[7].
• The Circular Ruins's language of work or name is recorded as Spanish^[8].
• The Circular Ruins's country of origin is recorded as Argentina^[9].
• The Circular Ruins's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/026898k^[10].
• The Circular Ruins's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 1299939^[11].
• The Circular Ruins's published in is recorded as The Garden of Forking Paths^[12].
• The Circular Ruins's title is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Las ruinas circulares'}^[13].
• The Circular Ruins's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Nadie lo vio desembarcar en la unánime noche, nadie vio la canoa de bambú sumiéndose en el fango sagrado, pero a los pocos días nadie ignoraba que el hombre taciturno venía del Sur y que su patria era una de las infinitas aldeas que están aguas arriba, en el flanco violento de la montaña, donde el idioma zend no está contaminado de griego y donde es infrecuente la lepra.'}^[14].
• The Circular Ruins's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Con alivio, con humillación, con terror, comprendió que él también era una apariencia, que otro estaba soñándolo.'}^[15].
• The Circular Ruins's form of creative work is recorded as short story^[16].
• The Circular Ruins's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987010254518305171^[17].

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Works and Contributions

The Circular Ruins authored Jorge Luis Borges^[3].

Why It Matters

The Circular Ruins ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (97 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[18]