My first Borges book, or shall I say, "My first Borges experience!"Labyrinths is broken down to three sections: Fictions, Essays, and Parables. It starts complicated enough with the first story, and despite the false appearance to grow simpler, it gets more complicated as the book progresses. These ...
I read Ficciones, recently, so I don't have much to add. The majority of the short stories are the same, but it was a pleasure to read through them again. The second time helped me grasp some concepts that slipped through the first time. Borges is incredibly intelligent and well-read, and it can be ...
Me causó curiosidad leer estos conocidos textos en inglés, pero prefiero las versiones en español.
Read this right after Ficciones, which I prefer but Labyrinths would be better value for money. Both are simply magical and highly recommended.
Only read a couple stories for class, but I really enjoyed them.
Scary and gorgeous.
It's not that there aren't some decent stories or intriguing essays in this collection but, overall, I just didn't find anything terribly interesting or profound anywhere.I've found this to be true of many similar authors - Calvino, Levi, Flann O'Brien, etc. They all may be masters of their craft an...
I found this at Barnes and Noble today. I thought I'd read the first page of the first story and see if I really wanted to read it. I got sucked into the story. Something about the writing. Definitely ended up going home with me.
Borges and IThe other one, the one called Borges, is the one things happen to. I walk through the streets of Buenos Aires and stop for a moment, perhaps mechanically now, to look at the arch of an entrance hall and the grillwork on the gate; I know of Borges from the mail and see his name on the lis...
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