Emma Zunz dejó caer el papel. que informó que su padre había muerto.
JORGE LUIS BORGES
“Emma Zunz dropped the piece of paper that she was informed that her father had died.” This is the English translation of the quote mentioned above. Thus the story begins.
It was said that he had taken a large dose of veronal by mistake. But Emma could not believe it. She knows one secret since 1916. Her father was falsely accused of embezzling money and he had told her before going to jail that his boss Aaron Loewenthal is the real culprit. This unfortunate event of her father’s death has taken place in 1922. So She decides to take revenge. And she takes revenge with a revolver. In this story, the mystery was clear from the beginning and the author executes the case quite fast. She works in a textile mill. Though she had a fear of men, still she prostitutes herself and finally takes revenge. The author has played quite wonderfully with the themes of regret and the impulsiveness of the human mind through the action of Emma in the last. Finally, it turned out that the revenge she had taken was not for her father but for herself!
The story of vengeance it is. This is the only thing that I can say.
This is a tale of retributive justice.
But in the end, the question remains unanswered if this can be the right thing.
What if the hunch based on which the act of retribution is performed turns out to be an ersatz emotion!
The pace of the story is something I admired. The psychological narration was also liked by me.
I was recommended this story when I was searching for a short story written in Spanish and translated well in English. Since this was my first story of J. L. Borges. It’s my self-induced obligation to enunciate it softly out here, for my Spanish literary almanac this year.
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