Labyrinths
by Jorge Luis Borges
Recommended by Naval Ravikant and Caterina Fake
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Fantasy, and Fiction.
The groundbreaking transgenre work of Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges (18991986) has been insinuating itself into the structure, stance, and very breath of world literature for well over half a century. Multilayered, selfreferential, elusive, and allusive writing is now frequently labeled Borgesian. Umberto Eco's international bestseller, ...
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Fantasy, and Fiction.
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Caterina Fake
“A fiction recommendation. | I love Jorge Luis Borges, the Argentine author. His short story collection Ficciones, or Labyrinths, is amazing. Borges is probably still the most powerful author I have read who wasn’t just outright writing philosophy. There was philosophy in there with the scifi.”
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