Borges Thread

just read all of ficciones

circular ruins lad

>>9650777
just read them all, they're all pretty good (if similar)

make sue you read up on them afterwards, i.e. follow the references to other texts and people (use a guide for the more cryptic references). Improves the experience a lot

also read Eco's stuff afterwards, his stuff is like the novel form of Borges

>>9650821
>also read Eco's stuff afterwards, his stuff is like the novel form of Borges

But what makes Borges so great is his short and concise writing style. I'm sure if he had written novels they would quickly get very boring and pedantic.

Unironically Uqbar. That's meta stuff done right.

>>9650828
I know

Borges had the ideas, but Eco had the intelligence and writing capacity to expand the spirit of these ideas into novels

>>9650863
Interesting.

How do I start with Eco?

>>9650865
The Name of the Rose is his best

it's essentially Holmes and Watson in Medieval Italy, chock full of references and allegories to other stuff (mostly theological). The Library of Babel idea sort of features in the plot.

Then try Foucalt's Pendulum. It's pretty hard to fully grasp all the references and satire but it feels very Borgesian