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Favourite Books (93) » 52 more Magic Realism (11) 501 Must-Read Books (82) Metafiction (2) 1940s (9) Five star books (41) Short and Sweet (27) Top Five Books of 2020 (776) Books Read in 2014 (708) Books tagged favorites (133) Books Read in 2017 (2,099) Elegant Prose (44) Fake Top 100 Fiction (81) Greatest Books (25) Latin America (4) Unread books (836) No current Talk conversations about this book. Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Pierre menard, autor del Quijote ⭐⭐ Las Ruinas Circulares ⭐⭐⭐⭐ La Lotería en Babilonia ⭐⭐⭐ Examen de la obra de Herbert Quain ⭐⭐⭐⭐ La Biblioteca de Babel ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ El Jardín de los Senderos que se Bifurcan ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Funes el memorioso ⭐⭐⭐ La Forma de la Espada ⭐⭐ Tema del Traidor y del Héroe ⭐⭐ La Muerte y la Brújula⭐⭐⭐ El Milagro Secreto ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tres Versiones de Judas ⭐⭐⭐ El Fin ⭐⭐⭐ La Secta del Fénix ⭐⭐⭐ El Sur ⭐⭐⭐ These short stories by Borges are unique literary products. Many of them are reviews of fake books. Other stories are more in the line of magical realism. A great collection of unpredictable inverted short stories. Not to be read when tired - each story requires focus and thinking. A lot of the literary references were over my head and I wasn't willing to invest the time in doing research, but I still very much enjoyed the book. Um conjunto de contos e pequenas histórias cheios de paradoxos, fantasia, referências, infinitos e labirintos. Muito original, um q.b. de complicado de entender mas sem dúvida interessantíssimo. Belongs to Publisher SeriesIs contained inContainsTlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius [short story] by Jorge Luis Borges (indirect) The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim by Jorge Luis Borges (indirect) Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote by Jorge Luis Borges (indirect) The Circular Ruins by Jorge Luis Borges (indirect) The Lottery in Babylon [short story] by Jorge Luis Borges (indirect) An Examination of the Work of Herbert Quain by Jorge Luis Borges (indirect) The Library of Babel [short story] by Jorge Luis Borges (indirect) Funes the Memorious by Jorge Luis Borges (indirect) The Shape Of The Sword by Jorge Luis Borges (indirect) Theme Of The Traitor And The Hero by Jorge Luis Borges (indirect) Death and the Compass by Jorge Luis Borges (indirect) The Secret Miracle by Jorge Luis Borges (indirect) Three Versions of Judas by Jorge Luis Borges (indirect) The End by Jorge Luis Borges (indirect) The Sect Of The Phoenix by Jorge Luis Borges (indirect) The South by Jorge Luis Borges (indirect) Has the adaptationHas as a study
The seventeen pieces in Ficciones demonstrate the gargantuan powers of imagination, intelligence, and style of one of the greatest writers of this or any other century. Borges sends us on a journey into a compelling, bizarre, and profoundly resonant realm; we enter the fearful sphere of Pascal's abyss, the surreal and literal labyrinth of books, and the iconography of eternal return. More playful and approachable than the fictions themselves are Borges's Prologues, brief elucidations that offer the uninitiated a passageway into the whirlwind of Borges's genius and mirror the precision and potency of his intellect and inventiveness, his piercing irony, his skepticism, and his obsession with fantasy. To enter the worlds in Ficciones is to enter the mind of Jorge Luis Borges, wherein lies Heaven, Hell, and everything in between. No library descriptions found.
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My favorites: The Garden of Forking Paths, The Library of Babel, and Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius (