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Anyone know of any books similar to this one? I've never felt so stimulated by a book in my life.

>> No.5538250

The Aleph, I guess.

>> No.5538257

the Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway

>> No.5538269

>>5538250
>>5538250

Paulo Cuelho, get of off lit forever

>> No.5538286

>>5538257
really huh? ive always felt sort of lukewarm about hemmmingway's novels. i'll check them out

>> No.5538298

>>5538269
And never come back, even if you die.

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>>5538247

>> No.5538356

>>5538247
Everyone here is fucking with you. Bioy Casares (same bloke who finds the extract in Tlon Uqbar) was Borges's buddy and even co-wrote with him. Cortazar is also heaily influenced although imo a bit less magical. The Book of Sand is also top.

>> No.5538449

yeah, they're fucking with you
Also
Italo Calvino
Robert W Chambers - The King in Yellow
Kelly Link
Lord Dunsany
Leo Lionni's Parallel Botany
Stanislaw Lem
lots of other sci-fi - Malzberg & Dick & Delaney & shit
Raymond Roussel
Tristram Shandy
Umberto Eco
Flann O'Brien

There's loads more if you look out for them.

>> No.5538491

this book is exactly how i became a patrician, so continue the borges train
get the book of sand and shakespeare's memory. after that read all the books and authors i have ever recommended ever, so that you two may become a patrician of unparalleled power and glory

>> No.5538495

>>5538449
Bestiario and Todos los Fuegos el Fuego by Julio Cortázar. Not only my fave Cortázar but also as magical and someyimes disturbing as The Aleph.

Casa Tomada and Autopista del Sur are the ones I rememer loving the most. In Todos los Fuegos el Fuego there's also this cuento (can't remember the name) of a dude who could go from Buenos Aires to Paris 40 years in the past almost on his will.

Labyrinths are to Borges what Paralel realities are to Cortázar. I guess you'll love that from All the Fires the Fire.

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>>5538247
Dictionary of the Khazars is pretty dope. All ergodic literature tends to be, though.

>> No.5538532

Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky is pretty much the Russian Borges

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>>5538247

>> No.5538856

Welcome. The Aleph, a collection of magnificent short stories by Borges, is the next obvious step. So many gems are kept in those less-than-200 pages that you wonder what do you even need novels for.

>> No.5538900

>>5538833
Perec's "La Disparition" was actually translated. Huh. Now I'm curious.

>> No.5538909

>>5538900

I have that purple copy. It's barely readable as a novel but fun to read as a masterful writing exercise for the author and translator.

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>>5538269
>the aleph
>paulo coelho

>> No.5539035

>>5538491
uh, not going to follow a /lit/ trip and not going to follow someone who says "patrician" even ironically.

>> No.5539057

>>5538495
not OP, but thanks.

>> No.5539060

>>5538269
The fuck are you talking about? The Aleph is a short story collection by Borges.

>> No.5539186

>>5539035
your loss, pleblord

>> No.5539313

I highly recommend his non-fiction, it's absolutely incredible.

Non-Borges stuff...Eco, maybe Calvino.

>> No.5539456

>>5539186
It's definitely nobody's loss, you narcissist.

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5539486

It might not be as high-brow as Ficciones, but read Stories of Your Life and Others. You won't regret it. Chiang creates superbly intriguing worlds within carefully crafted chapters too.

>> No.5540030

>>5538491
>you two

>> No.5540038

>>5538449
>Italo Calvino

I picked up 'If on a Winter's Night a Traveller' and the whole idea is pretty cool but I feel its becoming stagnant.

Did anybody else feel this way?

>> No.5540051

>>5540038
Second person is a gimmick, I think Calvino would have been better off if he only used the second person at the beginning of the first chapter and no where else. It loses its charm quickly.

>> No.5540061

>>5540051
Does he have better work?

>> No.5540119

>>5540061
I was gonna go pick up Invisible Cities, I've heard its supposed to be really good. I hope his style doesnt detract from the promising plot.

>> No.5540126

>>5539486
thanks pal i'll look into this

>> No.5540558

>>5540038
>Did anybody else feel this way?
I can see why you would feel that way, but I loved it the whole way through.

In fact, I think it may be my favorite book.