Abstract

WOOD GUADARRAMA, Ursula Natalia. The Master of the Books: A Borgean Translation of a Short Story by Naiyer Masud. Estud. Asia Áfr. [online]. 2021, vol.56, n.2, pp.373-390.  Epub June 11, 2021. ISSN 2448-654X.  https://doi.org/10.24201/eaa.v56i2.2683.

Literary critics have classified the work of the Indian writer Naiyer Masud within the genre of the fantastic. The writer creates a puzzling but intriguing literary universe reminiscent of Jorge Luis Borges’ narrative techniques. This article presents the first translation into Spanish of Masud’s short story “Kitābdār”.

Keywords : Masud; Urdu; fantastic literature; Borges; literary translation.

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