false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166852117m/17717.jpg 17717 11 If Jorge Luis Borges had been a computer scientist, he probably would have invented hypertext & the World Wide Web. Instead, being a librarian and one of the world's most widely read persons, he became the leading practitioner of a densely layered imaginistic writing style that has been imitated throughout this century, but has no peer (altho Umberto Eco sometimes comes close, especially in <i>Name of the Rose</i>). <P> Borges's stories are redolent with an intelligence, wealth of invention, & a tight, almost mathematically formal style that challenge with mysteries & paradoxes revealed only slowly after several readings. Highly recommended to anyone who wants their imagination and intellect to be aswarm with philosophical plots, compelling conundrums, & a wealth of real & imagined literary references derived from an infinitely imaginary library. 376514 1 2 1964 Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings total:3606|5:2293|4:933|3:307|2:50|1:23| 3606 16241 5191 300 3 17 false false Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 09:46:42 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 11:15:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 5 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 22 22:49:24 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 01 22:54:00 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Nov 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Oct 23 21:30:57 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 29 00:48:39 -0800 2008 Borges and the Eternal Orangutan. Now that I met him on my own, I was in a nervous state and thinking of what should I do?! It's like a good f...more...]]> 4 3 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 22 10:33:49 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 04 13:32:57 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 2 false false Fri Jul 13 09:26:40 -0700 2007 Sun Dec 30 18:35:26 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 2 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 17:49:23 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 17:54:35 -0700 2007 5 3 false false Sun May 11 21:28:52 -0700 2008 Wed Jan 23 15:57:45 -0800 2008 Sun May 11 21:28:52 -0700 2008 5 2 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 1973 Sat Sep 06 15:14:49 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 06 16:49:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 05 15:52:30 -0700 2008 Mon May 25 15:53:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1970 Fri May 09 21:46:03 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 21:55:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Fri Mar 13 22:27:11 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 22:28:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 1 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 06:44:42 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 06:46:44 -0800 2008
"The Immortal" p. 114

To be immortal is commonplace; except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are ignorant of death; what is divine, terrible, incomprehensible, is to ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 07:04:15 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 07:25:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed May 06 21:26:28 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 21:49:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 04 08:14:17 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 18:09:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jul 25 21:02:49 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 13:14:36 -0700 2008
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Like a labyrinth, one might say.

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