The Lottery in Babylon
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"The Lottery in Babylon" is a metaphysical short story by Jorge Luis Borges that explores a fictional society governed entirely by a mysterious, all-encompassing lottery system.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Lottery in Babylon canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
metaphysical fiction
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short story ⓘ work of fiction ⓘ |
| author | Jorge Luis Borges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
arbitrariness of justice
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chance ⓘ determinism ⓘ fate ⓘ metaphysics of randomness ⓘ power of institutions ⓘ role of chance in human life ⓘ totalitarian control ⓘ |
| collection | Ficciones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Argentina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
indistinguishability of chance and necessity
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mythic representation of social order ⓘ opacity of bureaucratic power ⓘ relationship between game and reality ⓘ |
| featuresOrganization | mysterious Company that runs the lottery ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1941 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Revista Sur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophical fiction
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short story ⓘ speculative fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType | anonymous citizens of Babylon ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | literature about randomness and systems of control ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
arbitrary punishment and reward
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esoteric rules ⓘ labyrinthine systems ⓘ mythic ancient city ⓘ secret organizations ⓘ |
| hasOrganization | the Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
erosion of personal responsibility
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gambling as social structure ⓘ society governed by lottery ⓘ uncertainty as law ⓘ |
| includedIn | second part of Ficciones ⓘ |
| languageStyle |
concise
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philosophical ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
magic realism
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modernism ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| originalTitle | La lotería en Babilonia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Jorge Luis Borges's short fiction corpus ⓘ |
| plotDevice | all-encompassing lottery system ⓘ |
| setting | Babylon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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