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…
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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…
I really enjoyed this week’s read. I am not a huge fan of short stories generally because I find them too short to leave an impact and collections of short stories are rarely memorable. This book definitely changed my mind, although these are har…
I really enjoyed this week’s read. I am not a huge fan of short stories generally because I find them too short to leave an impact and collections of short stories are rarely memorable. This book definitely changed my mind, although these are har…
I really enjoyed this week’s read. I am not a huge fan of short stories generally because I find them too short to leave an impact and collections of short stories are rarely memorable. This book definitely changed my mind, although these are har…
Posted in Blogs, Borges | Tagged with essays, oblivion, surrealism
Hi everyone! I was reading some of the blogs before I started to write mine and noticed that a lot of people already had an idea or knew about Jorge Luis Borges. I had never heard about him before nor was I familiar with any of his other works. I…
Hi everyone! I was reading some of the blogs before I started to write mine and noticed that a lot of people already had an idea or knew about Jorge Luis Borges. I had never heard about him before nor was I familiar with any of his other works. I…
Before this week’s reading, I knew who Jorge Luis Borges was, but I don’t think I had read anything by…
Posted in Blogs, Borges | Tagged with jorge Luis, Laberintos, Labrynts
“Labyrinths” is a short story anthology containing many of Jorge Luis Borges’ best work. Having heard a lot about Borges, I was excited to check out his writing. While I found several of the stories unnecessarily confusing or pointless, I enjoyed most of them. I especially appreciated Borges’ manipulation of reality in “The Secret Miracle” […]
I really enjoyed the reading for this week! I found all the short stories to be incredibly interesting in their specific and dense details and references to complexities and fantasy/myths. Even though some of the stories weren’t as readable for me as others, I found them all to be very fascinating. I liked the story, […]
