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If you enjoy Calvino then Jorge Luis Borges will likely also entertain you. The Library of Babel, for example, is an excellent story.
by ineedasername 6y ago
If you enjoy Calvino then Jorge Luis Borges will likely also entertain you. The Library of Babel, for example, is an excellent story.
- eatonphil 6y agoMakes sense. I read Invisible Cities and really didn't care for it. It seemed decently written but was just terribly uninteresting. I'm trying to work through Borges' Ficciones at the moment and I like it even less. I wish I could enjoy them!
- ineedasername 6y agoThat would be a really interesting direction for recommendation engines: "If you didn't like this book, they should absolutely stay away from the following list of books."
- KTallguy 6y agoI'm reading through a collection of Borges' short stories right now. The Library of Babel was facinating and definitely reminds me of Invisible Cities. One Borges' short story I especially enjoyed was "The Circular Ruins"... you can see some of the concepts echoed in modern media. I feel that Borges can insert a bit too much superfluous detail (maybe in an attempt to ground the work?), but the results are still thought provoking. Because the prose is old I sometimes need to force myself to re-read passages when my brain decides to zone out... it was written in a different time.
- billfruit 6y agoMay be Nabakov as well, "If on a winters.." reminded me of Pale Fire (though I thought Pale Fire was better.)