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The House of Asterion, Jorge Luis Borges / Piranesi, Susanna Clarke

Jorge Luis Borges, The House of Asterion, 1947

Reader's note: I don't think The Minotaur's name was as widely known back then as it is now. The identity of the narrator, apart from their name, was intended to be a mystery. The ending paragraph reveals Asterion's character and recontextualizes the story, prompting a second read.

Asterion, likewise, never identifies themself as a monster and never calls his home a labyrinth. He believes he is shunned because of his noble birth, and maintains a youthful innocence throughout his incarceration.

I got this version from:

https://klasrum.weebly.com/uploads/9/0/9/1/9091667/the_house_of_asterion.pdf

It was originally published in Spanish.