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   by Borgesian1 4y ago

   Glad you liked Professor Borges!! I can vouch for its authenticity. There should be a foreword explaining this (lest it has been removed in the English edition) The book is based on transcripts made from actual recordings of his lectures.
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   by Borgesian1 4y ago

   You could get his _Selected Fictions_ Then read The library of Babel Funes the Memorious The God´s Script The Book of Sand The Garden of Forking Paths The above are enjoyable for beginners - even though of course there are many more layer
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   by Borgesian1 4y ago

   The recommendations you´re getting are right on spot: Fictions (1944) The Aleph (1949) The Book of Sand (1975) I have to say, however, that not all stories in those books are equally palatable for newcomers. If you´d like more specific rec
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   by Borgesian1 4y ago

   Borges´ memory was famously prodigious. But just as exceptional was his appetite for books. If you read his lectures or transcribed dialogues, you will feel that he has read everything He could cite the most obscure writers of any epoch a
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   by Borgesian1 4y ago

   Borges´ paternal side of the family had strong British roots. His grandmother was called Frances Haslam - she was born in Staffordshire in 1842. In 1871 she married Colonel Francisco Borges in the Argentine province of Entre Ríos. But the c