/lit/ - Literature

>>16408354
The one with the book that has infinite pages, forgot the title.
"El Otro" is also nice.

My favourite is the one where there is a bunch of blindfolded men sitting together in a dark room talking about literature. Since nobody can see who is talking, they soon start to play around at imitating each other’s voices, or pretending to be people they aren’t. Soon fact and fiction become so intertwined, that they begin to loose contact with reality themselves. Their darkened room becomes a universe unto itself, with a rich oral tradition of description and theories to replace the sight which has been lost. Unable to perceive even their own reflections, the men soon forget who they once were, and came to believe that this constructed world was in fact the whole of reality.

>>16408354
The one about the library with all the possible books but all of them have a set amount of pages (I don't remember the exact number it was around 400).
I like the idea of eternal struggle.

>>16408354
What's yours, OP?

>>16408377
t. Failed author

>>16408354
that one with the old retarded men hanging in the desert, forgot about the rest of details

>>16408354
The one about the mirror-eating tiger gods watching gauchos knife fight in an endless labyrinth.

For real probably Pierre Menard.

>>16408354
Circular Ruins

>>16408399
It's not really a popular choice, but probably "The Other." It was the very first Borges story I ever read. I have a strong nostalgic connection to this story. It is contained within The Book Of Sand, and that book, translated and co-written by Norman Thomas di Giovanni, is one that I stumbled upon, unexpectedly, in The Strand, the famous bookstore, when I once lived in New York City. I found it, a used book, wedged into the "B" section of the main "Fiction" floor. I was floored to find it, since I had just been on /lit/ a few days prior, and /lit/ had been heavily discussing Borges and the di Giovanni translations. I was floored to find it.

So that story, "The Other," was the very first Borges I ever read, and it holds an immensely special place in my heart. Because I think it encapsulates so much of what is innate and special in Borges, and what crops up over and over in all the other stories. The idea of dreams, and how reality intrudes into dreams and how dreams intrude into reality. And the idea of how fiction and nonfiction blend together, and how in the modern age, in the 20th Century, we are not as easily able to tell the difference between the two. And I am charmed and moved by the idea of an old man encountering his younger self for a friendly chat.

>>16408545
Maybe you should read Cortazar, anon. He is another fantastic-realist from Argentina. I think most people would put him below Borges, but I personally like him more. People in this board only talk about Hopscotch, but I'd actually suggest his books of short stories. "Cronopios y famas" or "Todos los fuegos el fuego" or stuff like this.

>>16408563
I will. I will put his name down and I will seek him out. Thank you, Anon.

>>16408545
>translated and co-written by Norman Thomas di Giovanni
Co-written? wtf?

>>16408668
I'm fairly sure The Book Of Sand was written after he went blind

>>16408545
Respect. The first Borges story, regardless of which, makes perfect sense to be the favorite because he’s so unique and the first time reading him ever has such a big impact on readers.

>>16408676
The stories were originally published and written in Spanish. And at any rate, dictating is not the same as co-writing. It's hardly considered a collaboration. What the hell are you talking about?

>>16408354
Death and the Compass. Pretty sure it was Bloom's as well.