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{ 2005 01 08 }

Discovery of Borges

How is that I have lived just over 29 years without ever having discovered Jorge Luis Borges? How did I manage not to hear about him or read his work? I have just been reading some of his essays/stories. He absolutely blows my mind. He is like some perfect combination of Edgar Allen Poe and Umberto Eco. Almost every essay I have read so far leaves me with hours of fertile thinking. Is there anyone else like this that I have somehow managed to miss all these years?

Posted by Muninn on Saturday, January 8, 2005, at 19:39. Filed under Personal, Reading. Follow any responses to this post with its comments RSS feed. You can post a comment, but trackbacks are closed.

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  1. Matt | 2005.1.14 at 4:18 | Permalink

    I know this is late, but have you read Stanislaw Lem?

  2. David Alien | 2005.1.14 at 14:39 | Permalink

    Borges is great. Definitely one of the most important writers of the 20th century. He really anticipated a lot in the way of criticism and philosophy.

    How about Neruda? Not as philosophically inspired, but one of the half dozen great poets of the 20th century.

    I had a similar reaction when I read Good Soldier Svejk in a class this last semester. I’ve read a lot. How is it possible I never heard of Jaroslav Hasek?

  3. Muninn | 2005.1.15 at 21:26 | Permalink

    Thanks for suggesting Neruda, I’ll look into him!

  4. Bathrobe | 2005.5.7 at 19:51 | Permalink

    Izumi Kyoka? (Not quite the same, I know)

  5. Muninn | 2005.5.7 at 22:43 | Permalink

    Thanks! I found a web site about him…looks like some translations are online too. Thanks!

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