Teresa Mendoza was once attached to a talented drug smuggler in Mexico. That is, until he started skimming off the top and got himself killed. She had to flee to the back end of Spain. But her story doesn’t settle down into a quiet life there. More drugs, organized crime, and heart break ensue. Set ...
This was an enjoyable read and much better than some have mentioned in their criticisms. Borges' style is so natural and free. It is as if he is sitting there in front of you, relaxing, relating his story to our sharpening delight.
The Garden of Forking Paths (1941)Foreword--Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius--The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim--Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote--The Circular Ruins--The Lottery in Babylon--A Survey of the Works of Herbert Quain--The Library of Babel--The Garden of Forking PathsArtifices (1944)Foreword--Fu...
What if you had a library with an infinite amount of combinations between letters and numbers?This library would have the following information:- The secret of the Universe;- The day of your death. And everyone else's. Including people that already died. Or haven't even been born.- Justification for...
I first read Borges about twenty five years ago, when I read the collection Labyrinths. That collection has stayed with me and I have thought about several of his stories many times over the years, but I never went on to read more, until this book.This is a collection of short stories from the end ...
Completely confounding. An intriguing idea poorly executed. Even reading slowly didn’t improve understanding. Beautifully written sentences were meaningless without much background or context. I honestly didn’t perceive the allegory; the library representing the universe, its books filled with inf...
*If faced with a Cerberus, Would you know what to do?* When a Chinese Farmer, wants it to rain, who do they call?* What Scared the Scylla so much she threw herself into the sea?* Why should you follow an Alicanto, But with caution?* What can you use a Gillygaloo’s egg for?For your answer to these qu...
Reading Jorge Luis Borges's Collected Fictions is like being thrown into the ring with a merciless prize fighter, getting the shit kicked out of you, and loving every minute of it.These pieces felt more like punches than short stories. Borges jabs to your head, jarring your brain with damning conver...
Loved the twists and turns and humor in his stories. Am just sorry that this was highlights of the collected works, so I still need to track down the book version to read many of the stories I'd hoped to get on the audio. Still, the audio makes me want to run out and get the book, pronto!
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