Jorge Luis Borges
1944
Around 175 pages
I had read this before in an undergrad class, where you are forced to dissect beloved stories until they are nothing more than bloody entrails and a hollow corpse. However, in this case, I was able to sustain my enjoyment through several term papers. That's the magic of Borges!
This is another collection of short stories, which only bothers me when I hate the author. You can tell that Borges loves telling stories and is a huge reader. All of the stories share the common motif of a labyrinth, with the most unforgettable story being The Garden of the Forked Paths. I've thought about that climax for years (how often can you say that?).
I might be wrong, but I believe this is the first Argentinian novel on the List. Always nice to hear from a non Western country which makes up 95% of this List. Borges is a beautiful writer, it's obvious that the man is a poet.
RATING: *****
Interesting Facts:
Interesting Facts:
One of Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century.
Dedicated to writer Esther Zemborain de Torres Duggan, a friend and collaborator of Borges'.
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