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Ficciones

Jorge Luis Borges,

Anthony Kerrigan (Translator)

Start date: August 1, 2025

Finish date: August 31, 2025

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Dec 11, 2020 Candace rated it really liked it

Shelves: classics, short-stories

This is a terribly hard book for me to rate. It is not one of my favorites, yet it deserves a five for originality and a concise writing style. Borges also uses the surreal and/or fantasy combined with realism , which I love. However, he is heavy handed with philosophy, theology, and the most difficult vocabulary words. He did get better at writing for lowly people like me in Part 2. Or maybe I was just used to his writing by then because he was repetitive with many of his ideas.

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May 18, 2021 Lynn rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Fans of Jorge Luis Borges: You have my admiration. Up to now, my familiarity with South American literature has been limited to Isabel Allende’s The House of the Spirits, so…not extensive. But there’s nothing like diving into the deep end of the pool to learn how to swim, is there? I decided to dive into Ficciones by Borges to broaden my experience. I thought short stories would be more accessible. How wrong I was!

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May 29, 2021 Caterina rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Algunos cuentos fantásticos (las ruinas circulares, el jardín de los senderos que se bifurcan, funes el memorioso, la muerte y la brújula, la forma de la espada...) y otros confusos que, si soy honesta, probablemente no soy lo suficientemente inteligente para comprender.

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