Truth be told, this was not the book for me. I disliked this one as much as I enjoyed the previous one. I definitely see the playful aspect of the book, and I can see why other people have enjoyed it – having read some of the blogs that are alrea…
Posted in Blogs, Borges | Tagged with week 5, writing style
Truth be told, this was not the book for me. I disliked this one as much as I enjoyed the previous one. I definitely see the playful aspect of the book, and I can see why other people have enjoyed it – having read some of the blogs that are alrea…
This week’s reading of Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges was not the most pleasant experience for me. Out of all the pieces of literature we have read so far, this has got to be the least favorite. I would say 80% of the time, I honestly did not know what Borges was necessarily talking about. […]
Posted in Blogs, Borges | Tagged with collection, science fiction
I am convinced that the writings of Jorge Luis Borges—an Argentinian writer infamous for his playful nature and toying with language—are not merely a method to be reckoned with in the literary canon, but also a turbulent force which makes us question our expectations when approaching future literature as a whole. The writing itself seems […]
Posted in Blogs, Borges | Tagged with postmodernism/postmodernity, the real/reality
I studied some of Borges’s works in high school, so it was nice to revisit them again. I always enjoyed his writing and the way he plays with reality. He explores time, memory, language, and perception through his short stories. One of my favorite stories was “Funes the Memorious.” I always wish I had a […]
Posted in Blogs, Borges | Tagged with perception
The anxiety I have felt reading this books is a unique experience I have yet to have elsewhere. Truth to be told, I have no idea what’s going on in most of the stories, and that isn’t resulting from a lack of trying, I quite literally just cannot tell what is going on most of […]
Posted in Blogs, Borges | Tagged with temporality/time
This week’s reading was a different experience for me, and I did not enjoy it as much as I have with the previous books. Luis Borge’s collection of stories were at many times very confusing and hard to follow. Similar to the title, his work put my mind into a maze and made it feel […]
Borges’s collection of short stories were disconnected, fluid and playful. But for me, this collection took a lot of work to grasp the complete understanding. I still do not fully understand his work, but I think that is the point. Borges titled his co…
Posted in Blogs, Borges | Tagged with contradiction, rules, selfvs.other
Borges’s collection of short stories were disconnected, fluid and playful. But for me, this collection took a lot of work to grasp the complete understanding. I still do not fully understand his work, but I think that is the point. Borges titled his co…
It is practically impossible to condense everything I think about Jorge Luis Borges, in competition with James Joyce as my favourite author, into 500 words. The man can do more in five pages than most writers could do with their entire lives; nearly everything I have read by him has left my mind swimming and […]
