/lit/ - Literature

>>21353710
>Latin America has never written a good book
Have you read pic related?

>>18557004

>the garden of forking paths
>the library of babel
>the circular ruins
>the babylonian lottery
Just started reading it and I can't put it down. I thought the library of babel would be the highlight, but the garden of forking paths absolutely blew me away.

i feel that Borges is unraveling all the secrets of the universe but i somehow feel more stupid than before

that being said, this is the most based goat writer ever

I'm three stories in and, wow, this is difficult. Does it get better? I don't know what I was expecting, but I wasn't expecting a series of essays on fictional books.

>>9733732

Paranoid shizophrenia: the book

What the fuck is this book about? I seriously have no idea what's going on

What the hell is the short story Pierre Menard, Author of Don Quixote about?

Here's my shot; All intellectual pursuits are ultimately pointless aesthetic games a la The Glass Bead Game. Also, recreating a work by faithfully adhering to the technique described therein (recreating a work word-by-word/thought-by-thought in another setting) will produce a work which may be equal to or greater than the original in virtue of your having "become cervantes". Maybe all works of literature are like this.

What am I missing?

I like the other short stories (though I havent finished it yet, I'm reading one every day to give myself some space to digest), but I think I may be missing the point on this one. He props the guy up as a learned scholar/metaphysician or whatever and then describes his pet project and says its breddy gud.

Also, what is the best short story out of the whole lot iyo?

>>6994310
>>6994866
I just finished Ficciones and absolute adored it. Fantastic short stories of intricate and intriguing worlds and creations. Where should I go from this? I've already read all the works of Chekov and I want to continue reading short stories. Suggestions?