Ficciones (English Translation)

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Summary: Borges best.
Review: I love Borges and both "Ficciones" and "Stories" are great. This two for one book collect some of Borges best stories. The translation is not perfect and some of Borges original way of saying things are miss, (I also read both of this books in Spanish) but this is a must-have book. If you like this book you will also like Borges "Aleph."

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Summary: The best ever.
Review: Succintly put, this is the best writer of our time. Read it an yo'll see why. Also read in spanish if at all possible. Oh and have a dictionaery handy. It will blow your mind....How or why this man was shunned by the Nobel I'll never understand...

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Summary: A must-read for anyone who loves to think...
Review: Jorge Luis Borges may not be as famous as other latin-american writers such as Octavio Paz because of the lack of the Nobel Prize... but after reading this book one is left to wonder why... Each and every story is unique in its own way, creating shimmering images of reality that blend dreams, illusions, past, reality, misfortunes, eternity, infinity, life, death, religion and more... It is difficult to explain the effect Borges' stories have on the reader... It is like reading an Escher painting... Amazing.

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Summary: One of the best books of the century
Review: This is probably the best book by Borges (The Aleph is also excellent). You can read this book a hundred times and still enjoy it. If you can try to read it in Spanish.

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Summary: Maravilloso estilo y excelentes argumentos
Review: Colección de cuentos en los que se mezcla la fantasía, la historia (real o fingida) y la meditación filosófica sobre la esencia del ser humano. Aparecen aquí mitos universales, y a la vez tan borgianos, como el laberinto, el paso del tiempo, el Uno y el Otro, la doble personalidad, la presencia fantástica de seres ficticios, etc. Debe destacarse el cuento "La biblioteca de Babel", resumen de las preocupaciones de Borges sobre el tiempo, el universo, Dios, la perfección, el libro infinito, etc. Una lectura imprescindible para estos tiempos tan "ligeros".

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Summary: Excellent, excellent, excellent
Review: Nobel Prize for Eugenio Montole (1975), not for Borges? I don't know. This work is simply amazing. I don't want to say anymore. You are missing your time reading me. You have to read Ficciones.

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Summary: A trip into the deepest weakness of human beings .
Review: This book is able to change your life completely. The intrinsec darkeness of fears, dreams, imagination, made into ficticious stories that reflect our inner self.

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Summary: To make you think
Review: Borges succeeds where many attempt and fail...he makes the reader think (God forbid!). He achieves this task naturally, so that the reader does not feel forced into doing something unwanted. A truly great work by a literary wonder, only in company with Calvino for sheer ingenuity.

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Summary: Metaphysics as Aesthetics
Review: 'Ficciones' is one of the greatest books of contemporary world literature and philosophy. Within it, Borges explored some of the 'aesthetic possibilities of philosophy'. Metaphysics shows us truth through beauty -the Platonic way- and reality through fiction. I highly recommend it.

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Summary: a vision well beyond his time or ours
Review: the short stories in this book talk about a seamless reality in which time enfolds from past into future and from the skys deep down into our souls. Everyone can recognize a part of his life and himself in the works of this great writer.