Jorge Luis Borges - Emma Zunz - Sadler's Lectures

26/08/2025 15 min
Jorge Luis Borges - Emma Zunz - Sadler's Lectures

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Episode Synopsis

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosophical short story writer, essayist, and poet Jorge Luis Borges's story "Emma Zunz" which can be found in Collected Fictions.

It provides an interesting tale of revenge to which Borges gives his usual narrative depth and twists. Emma finds out that her father, who was slandered and sent to prison by the genuine embezzler, Loewenthal, who now owns the mill she works at, and she sets into a motion a plan to bring about justice

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