In this collection of wise, witty and fascinating essays, Borges discusses the existence (or non-existence) of Hell, the flaws in English literary detectives, the philosophy of contradictions, and the many translators of 1001 Nights. Varied and enthralling, these pieces examine the very nature of our lives, from cinema and books to history and religion. Great Ideas: throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves — and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives — and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.

Los textos reunidos en Otras inquisiciones tocan temas muy requeridos de Jorge Luis Borges: las relaciones entre espacio y tiempo, la previsión del futuro, la eternidad, el suicidio y la redención, el infinito, la lectgura cabalista de la Escritura, los nombres de Dios, el infierno, el panteísmo, la leyenda de Buda, el sabor de los heroico, la refutación del tiempo, etc. Completan el volumen ensayos sobre Quevedo, Coleridge, Cervantes, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Paul Valéry, Oscar Wilde, Chesterton, H. G. Wells, Franz Kafka, John Keats, Bernard Shaw y William Beckford.