Ficciones (English Translation)

Rating:
Summary: Borges, period.
Review: "We are in the presence of an original Borges invention: the invention of an invention." Umberto Eco.

It is as simple as this: it does not get any better than Borges. Borges has always been disturbed by the idea that readers should always be 'active,' and not 'passive' as the great majority of readers are. Ficciones is just an example of that. Whenever you read anything written by Borges you must keep in mind that every single word is there for a reason, any quotes must be double checked (he cites himself a lot), everything seems to be unreal. Erudition just flows in his stories and that is just great.