The Secret Miracle
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"The Secret Miracle" is a short story by Jorge Luis Borges that explores themes of time, fate, and artistic creation through the tale of a playwright granted a hidden year to complete his masterpiece before execution.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
short story
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work of fiction ⓘ |
| antagonistGroup | Nazi regime NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Jorge Luis Borges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralWorkWithinStory | the play "The Enemies" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Argentina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ending |
execution resumes after the secret year
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protagonist dies with his work completed ⓘ |
| firstPublicationLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| genre |
metafiction
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philosophical fiction ⓘ speculative fiction ⓘ |
| historicalContext | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Artifices
NERFINISHED
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Ficciones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Latin American literature
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magic realism ⓘ |
| motif |
divine judgment
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literary creation as salvation ⓘ suspended time ⓘ unfinished masterpiece ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of time as a literary device
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integration of philosophical ideas into narrative form ⓘ metafictional reflection on writing ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| originalTitle | El milagro secreto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalInfluence |
idealism
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theology ⓘ |
| philosophicalQuestion |
Can an internal act of creation be completed in frozen external time?
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What is the relationship between human freedom and divine will? ⓘ |
| plotElement |
protagonist completes his unfinished play in suspended time
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protagonist granted a secret year of subjective time ⓘ protagonist sentenced to death by firing squad ⓘ time is miraculously halted before execution ⓘ |
| protagonist | Jaromir Hladík NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | playwright ⓘ |
| publicationType | magazine publication ⓘ |
| setting | Prague NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
artistic creation
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divine intervention ⓘ fate ⓘ free will ⓘ the nature of reality ⓘ time ⓘ |
| timeManipulation | one subjective year compressed into an instant ⓘ |
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