Ficciones
by Jorge Luis Borges · 1944
Buy on AmazonA collection of his short stories in which Borges often uses the labyrinth as a literary device to expound his ideas on all aspects of human life and endeavor. ---------- Contains: Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
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"Borges's intricate, philosophical fictions exploring reality and knowledge align with Naval Ravikant's work on mental models and the nature of truth. It's an expected read for someone exploring the boundaries of perception and understanding."
Naval's Recommended Reading (The Almanack) · navalmanack.com
"once I discovered Borges, I was changed. Even though Barthes told us the author was dead (and Borges literally was), I loved him. He wrote short. He wrote serious. But he also wrote funny."
By the Book: John Hodgman · nytimes.com
"With a book like Borges’s “Ficciones” that I’ve owned since college, I get to see all the underlinings and marginalia from my previous trips through."
By the Book: Karen Russell · nytimes.com
"I read one of Borges’ short stories in a science-fiction magazine when I was 20, and I immediately fell in love with his style and his universe. Later on, I discovered that the short story, ‘The Babel Library,’ was part of this collection of short stories. Borges is the only South American writer all of whose books I have read and reread."
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