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Borges Jorge Luis | Labyrinths
Posted by: Chiko
Borges Jorge Luis, one of the most imaginative writers I have encountered, could have been a mathematician, a physicist or a philosopher. Borges's Labyrinths (1962) is divided into three parts; fiction, essays, and parables. All three sections consist ... read full post >>
Borges Jorge Luis | Labyrinths
Posted by: Chiko
Borges Jorge Luis, one of the most imaginative writers I have encountered, could have been a mathematician, a physicist or a philosopher. Borges's Labyrinths (1962) is divided into three parts; fiction, essays, and parables. All three sections consist ... read full post >>
Borges’ Labyrinth
Posted by: FelixMcNally
The beginning of the readings within Borges’ The Labyrinth drew upon the ideas of many other texts, and I think the way Borges progressed from text to text reflects his philosophy surrounding the uncertainty of their meanings. Besides his second-guessing of the texts he had just wrote about, and constant revisions of his thoughts on […] read full post >>
Week 5: Borges
Posted by: Chanya Chawla
I found Jorge Luis Borges to be a great author with a unique style and mastery of language; “Labyrinth and Selected Stories” very well showcases his imaginative and thought-provoking writing. I found Identity to be a major theme of this coll... read full post >>
Week 5: Borges
Posted by: Chanya Chawla
I found Jorge Luis Borges to be a great author with a unique style and mastery of language; “Labyrinth and Selected Stories” very well showcases his imaginative and thought-provoking writing. I found Identity to be a major theme of this coll... read full post >>
week5. labyrinths
Posted by: jasmine
week5. labyrinths – I did not understand this book. It was quite dense and while I got bits and pieces every once in a while, it was difficult to keep my attention. Halfway through I had to switch to an audiobook because I was getting a tension headache from trying to keep up with the […] read full post >>
Week 4 – Borges, Jorge Luis. Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings – Nicholas Latimer – On the Merging of Literature and Labyrinth
Posted by: Nicholas
Let me discuss a novel, but not just any novel. One whose narrator would “disfigure the facts and indulge in various contradictions which would permit a few readers -- very few readers -- to perceive an atrocious or banal reality…” (17).Labyrinths - as... read full post >>
Week 4 – Borges, Jorge Luis. Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings – Nicholas Latimer – On the Merging of Literature and Labyrinth
Posted by: Nicholas
Let me discuss a novel, but not just any novel. One whose narrator would “disfigure the facts and indulge in various contradictions which would permit a few readers -- very few readers -- to perceive an atrocious or banal reality…” (17).Labyrinths - as... read full post >>
Week 5: Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges
Posted by: Melika
Hello Blog readers, This week’s novel was Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges. Im not going to lie, I didn’t entirely understand what I was reading, but that is precisely what labyrinth means. As google defines, labyrinth is “a complicated irre... read full post >>
Week 5: Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges
Posted by: Melika
Hello Blog readers, This week’s novel was Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges. Im not going to lie, I didn’t entirely understand what I was reading, but that is precisely what labyrinth means. As google defines, labyrinth is “a complicated irre... read full post >>
