"Remember that the battle between good and evil persists, and the writer's work is constantly to reframe the argument, so that readers make the right choices."
What a beautiful review! I need to read Borges... but I have no idea where to start. When I was in my 20s I never was interested in latin american writers. Im now in my 30s and in a point where I love to discover and can truly appreciate authors like him. Will save this book for later too of course!
I also agree with this of learn alone, except with languages, in my case I could not learn without a guide, at least not ancient Greek jaja
Borges can be a difficult mythical beast... some of his stories are too mystical to begin your journey with. I would suggest to begin with Funes the Memorious (or sometimes translated as Funes, and His Memory), then proceed to Aleph, the Garden of Forking Paths is magnificent, Pierre Menard, the author of Don Quixote, The Library of Babel and Averroes Search.
Luckily Borges disliked writing long stories, let alone novels. So, each story is 4-5 pages long at the most!
I would love to hear your thoughts and first impressions once you read any of those stories. I would appreciate if you shared it. I love when people tell about their impressions of Borges.
Thank you so much for this! I think I have a collection with those titles indeed, at the bookstore where I work. I will let you know of course! I saw a collection of short essays (?) about Dante too... and that caught my attention a lot...
This is lovely. You are a poet.
You're being very kind Donna! :)
What a beautiful review! I need to read Borges... but I have no idea where to start. When I was in my 20s I never was interested in latin american writers. Im now in my 30s and in a point where I love to discover and can truly appreciate authors like him. Will save this book for later too of course!
I also agree with this of learn alone, except with languages, in my case I could not learn without a guide, at least not ancient Greek jaja
Borges can be a difficult mythical beast... some of his stories are too mystical to begin your journey with. I would suggest to begin with Funes the Memorious (or sometimes translated as Funes, and His Memory), then proceed to Aleph, the Garden of Forking Paths is magnificent, Pierre Menard, the author of Don Quixote, The Library of Babel and Averroes Search.
Luckily Borges disliked writing long stories, let alone novels. So, each story is 4-5 pages long at the most!
I would love to hear your thoughts and first impressions once you read any of those stories. I would appreciate if you shared it. I love when people tell about their impressions of Borges.
Hope this helps!
Thank you so much for this! I think I have a collection with those titles indeed, at the bookstore where I work. I will let you know of course! I saw a collection of short essays (?) about Dante too... and that caught my attention a lot...