Jorge Luis Borges, from: The Immortal Essays ‘“When the end draws near,” wrote Cartaphilus, “there no longer remain any remembered images only word remain.” Words, displaces and mutilated words, words of others, were the poor pittance left him by the hours and the centuries.’ I know, however, that many of the stories flew over my head, and I often found myself getting confused. My favourite stories were: Funes the Memorious, The Secret Miracle, and The God’s Script. Jorge Luis Borges, from: Funes the Memorious ‘To think is to forget differences, generalize, make abstractions.’ The stories are packed with references to The Bible, One Thousand and One Nights, as well as referencing De Quincy and several theories of time, altogether making for unique and unforgettable works.

There is most definitely value in a re-read for me. Being extremely interested in the idea of time myself, reading him fuels my interest and deepens my understanding as to ways which we can look at time. Time is another theme explored by Borges. The stories tend to be extremely odd, uncanny, and usually come with a twist right at the end, sometimes waiting until the last line to deliver the blow. Yates) and many are told in an almost distant third-person with Borges sometimes being the main character, as if he is relaying stories from his own life. He writes like no one else I’ve ever read (credit is also due to the translators: James E. The other sections are just as strong as this, but his fiction is something else. This is definitely the section that got Borges his praise. Like a labyrinth, Borges’ stories are complex, intertwining, and it’s easy to get lost within them, whether it be lost in the difficulty of the story, or lost in its compelling nature. Labyrinths (with the definition in mind) are definitely a reoccurring theme throughout the stories as the word is used in almost every story.

Fictionsīorges flaunts his knowledge on various subjects in these 23 short stories. The definition of Labyrinth per Oxford Languages: a complicated irregular network of passages or paths in which it is difficult to find one’s way a maze. It was the first of his work to be published in English, and was awarded the International Publishers’ Prize. Labyrinths is a compilation of Borges’ work published in 1962 as a way to bridge himself to the English-speaking audience. Although his accomplishments are vast, Borges was never awarded the Nobel Prize, despite being nominated four times. He was a famous short story writer, poet, and essayist among other things.

Jorge Luis Borges was born on August 24th, 1899 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The borges labyrinth