Labyrinths
Jorge Luis Borges · 1962
The English-language introduction to Borges for most readers, selecting across his major collections. Where Ficciones is tighter, Labyrinths is broader, including essays and parables alongside stories. Essential companion to #3.
The case against
Cold to the touch: Borges builds infinite libraries and immortal cities but almost never a person to care about, and a dozen variations on mirror, maze, and encyclopedia begin to rhyme. This particular volume is also a patchwork of translators at different temperatures, assembled by his American editors rather than by him. The ideas are eternal; the company is chilly.
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