The Maker

Style and Technique

In "The Maker," Borges appears as a master of laconic, almost transparent prose, in which every word is honed and filled with multiple meanings. His language is refined and restrained, dissolving the boundaries between poetry and prose, allowing the reader to glide over the shimmering surface of meanings. The author skillfully employs allusions, paradoxes, mirror constructions, metaphors, and quotations, turning the text into a complex mosaic of cultural and philosophical references. The structure of the book is fragmentary: short stories, essays, poems, and miniatures form a whimsical kaleidoscope, where each part is a self-contained world, yet together they create a unified fabric of reflections on time, memory, dreams, and creativity. Borges plays with the reader, breaking conventional narrative frames, inviting participation in an intellectual game where reality and fiction are inseparable.