/lit/ - Literature

>>1960447
He didn't write novels. Start with Fictions and then go onto the Aleph, you could get Labyrinths which collects stories from both of these collections, but you might miss out on some awesome stories.

Also what do you mean "they didn't look that good"?

Borges wrote no full-length novels that I'm aware of. He must wrote short stories, some poetry, and criticism / cultural studies / etc. But they're really good short stories. There's a Collected Fictions that has all his short stories; however, I've seen people on here who didn't like the translation. I enjoyed it and would recommend it, but your mileage may vary.

>>1960451

Oh dear. I usually prefer novels to short story collections (although Asimov, o'Connor and Atwood write good ones), so I'm not sure about Borges. I actually look through Fictions and Labyrinths, and the main thing I didn't like was they seemed more like essays than short stories. Is this accurate?

>>1960463
His stories are definitely concerned with ideas and a fair few of them (ex. "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote", "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim") take the form of fictional essays. But they're still really good and well worth reading.

Yeah, I never really liked Borges.

His prose is awkward sometimes.

I'll think about getting one of them, when I finish my current stack of books. I can try ONE book by him, and see how it goes.

I also need to read more Mario Vargas Llosa.

Quit pondering, read 'Ficciones' if you want to start with Borges.

>>1960505

That sounded like an order.

>>1960447
I haven't read everything that was published, but i've read all of Malcolm Lowry's completed work, Which consists of 2 novels and some poetry and a short story collection

>>1960566
>Quit pondering, read 'Ficciones' if you want to start with Borges.
>if you want to start with Borges
>if you want
>if
>you
>want
>if

It's just what everyone will tell you.