Dan's review
Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings (New Directions Paperbook, 186)
by Jorge Luis Borges
Dan's review
Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings (New Directions Paperbook, 186) by Jorge Luis Borges
Dan's review
rating:
This books is a collection of some English translations of the writings of Jorge Luis Borges. I liked the short stories, the poetry I don't think translated well, and the nonfiction essays were pretty boring.
Borges, even in translation is obviously a world class literary talent. I really liked a lot of the stories in this book. My favorite is the "Library of Babel" a story about a universe that consist entirely of a hexagonal shaft with landings with shelves of books, all random characters in them. A sort of meticulously arranged chaos.
The really cool thing about Borges is that his stories are almost all these really clearly defined ideas that he just develops and describes through the story.
I read this because my friend Ami recommend it, and because an old TA from college who I ran into on a bus recommended Borges as a good example of literature that embod
Borges, even in translation is obviously a world class literary talent. I really liked a lot of the stories in this book. My favorite is the "Library of Babel" a story about a universe that consist entirely of a hexagonal shaft with landings with shelves of books, all random characters in them. A sort of meticulously arranged chaos.
The really cool thing about Borges is that his stories are almost all these really clearly defined ideas that he just develops and describes through the story.
I read this because my friend Ami recommend it, and because an old TA from college who I ran into on a bus recommended Borges as a good example of literature that embod
