Reading Jorge Luis Borges: Where to start?

Post » Sat May 19, 2012 10:32 am

So I'm at that stage where I'm now reading the people who influenced the people that influence me (does that make sense?). I've been very influenced by TES and especially by MK's stuff and it looks like MK is a big fan of Borges (am I right on this or do I have the wrong author?). So as I enter a year of research before beginning my PhD I'm looking for a place to start on Borges. Any thoughts?

MK I'd love to hear from you on this, por favor.
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Post » Fri May 18, 2012 7:01 pm

Buy Collected Fictions and Selected Non-Fictions (Penguin, 1998 and 1999).You can really start anywhere and not go wrong (although most people advise that Universal History of Infamy, which is first in Collected Fictions is not JLB's best work or particularly similar to his other stuff.) Personal favorites stories of mine are "Tl?n, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius," "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim," "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote," "The Lottery of Babylon," "The Garden of the Forking Paths," "Funes, His Memory," "The Cult of the Phoenix," and "On Exactitude in Science." Also the essay "A New Refutation of Time."

I should add that you can find many of his stories and essays (including "http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~jatill/175/libraryf.htm," which I'd guess is one of the most widely read) online if you don't want to spend any money.
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