Theme of the Traitor and the Hero

"Theme of the Traitor and the Hero"
Author	Jorge Luis Borges
Original title	"Tema del traidor y del héroe"
Country	Argentina
Language	Spanish
Genre(s)	Fantasy, short story
Published in	Sur
Media type	Print
Publication date	February 1944
Followed by	"William"

"Theme of the Traitor and the Hero" (original Spanish title: "Tema del traidor y del héroe") is a short story by Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges originally published in 1944 in number 112 of the review Sur. The short story was adapted into a film entitled The Spider's Stratagem (Italian: Strategia del ragno) in 1970 by Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci.

Sources

Borges, Jorge Luis. Theme of the Traitor and the Hero.
Pugh, Adam. "Order Versus Chaos: Comparing the literary essences of Isaac Asimov and Jorge Luis Borges". Retrieved 2007-08-15.
B. Ruch, Allen. "Borges - Film: The Spider's Strategy". Retrieved 2007-08-15.

Jorge Luis Borges

Bibliography

Original
collections

A Universal History of Infamy	"On Exactitude in Science"

Ficciones	"Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim" "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote" "The Circular Ruins" "The Lottery in Babylon" "An Examination of the Work of Herbert Quain" "The Library of Babel" "The Garden of Forking Paths" "Funes the Memorious" "The Form of the Sword" "Theme of the Traitor and the Hero" "Death and the Compass" "The Secret Miracle" "Three Versions of Judas" "The End" "The Sect of the Phoenix" "The South"

The Aleph	"The Immortal" "The Dead Man" "The Theologians" "Emma Zunz" "The House of Asterion" "Deutsches Requiem" "Averroes's Search" "The Zahir" "The Writing of the God" "The Two Kings and the Two Labyrinths" "The Wait" "The Aleph"

Otras Inquisiciones (1937–1952)	"The Analytical Language of John Wilkins"

Dreamtigers	"Borges and I"

Dr. Brodie's Report	"The Encounter" "The Gospel According to Mark"

The Book of Sand	"The Other" "Ulrikke" "The Congress" "There Are More Things" "The Disk" "The Book of Sand"

Shakespeare's Memory	"Blue Tigers" "Shakespeare's Memory"

Other works

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