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Collected Fictions

Jorge Luis Borges

Start date: September 2, 2015

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Mar 25, 2013 Mala rated it it was amazing

Shelves: all-time-favourites, classic-ever-enduring-appeal, brain-pain-group-read

You who read me—are you certain you understand my language?

Imagine you are watching a highly recommended, multiple awards winning, foreign-language film- it's everything you expected it to be, then, suddenly, the subtitles stop working- how annoying! But you are hooked; you can't stop watching– welcome to the Borgesian Labyrinth!

The 'Collected Fictions' consists of the following nine collections- 'A Universal History of Iniquity', 'Fictions', 'Artifices', 'The Aleph', 'The Maker', 'In Praise of ...more

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Sep 19, 2015 Saski rated it really liked it

Initial reaction, surprise that I enjoyed it, as I had not all that much enjoyed the other two.

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I loved it, but I have a kind sick sense of justice, especially where aggrieved women are concerned.

My favorite line is "He was quite religious; he believed he had a secret pact with the Lord--in return for prayers and devotions he was exempted from doing good works."

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