tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post1699233082308092348..comments2024-03-20T19:40:58.078-05:00Comments on The OF Blog: The wotmania Files: Short reviews of Jorge Luis Borges' collections (2005-2007)Larry Nolenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-59535185332678157732010-06-01T09:21:30.347-05:002010-06-01T09:21:30.347-05:00Luis Borges is really one of the best storytellers...Luis Borges is really one of the best storytellers. i read some documents about him. He is really good. this commentaries or reviews are great.viagra onlinehttp://www.xlpharmacy.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-61851268015052063542009-02-28T13:44:00.000-06:002009-02-28T13:44:00.000-06:00While I don't have Textos Cautivos (or at least no...While I don't have <I>Textos Cautivos</I> (or at least not under that name), I have read <I>El libro de arena</I>; it just wasn't a book I mentioned at wotmania, I think. I'll try to remember to write a review of it sometime later this year.Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-18336069849708260882009-02-28T13:23:00.000-06:002009-02-28T13:23:00.000-06:00I would also recommend "Textos Cautivos", a select...I would also recommend "Textos Cautivos", a selection of the articles and reviews that Borges published in a magazine called "El Hogar" in the 1930's. Among the articles are reviews of "Last and First Men", "Star Maker" and "Out of The Silent Planet", as well as a biographical sketch of Stapledon. The young Borges was a really catholic reader.<BR/> Another book of short-stories, "El libro de arena", published in 1975, includes "There Are More Things" -original title in English-, a Lovecraft pastiche, and "Utopy of a Tired Man", the closest Borges ever got to writing a pure science fiction story. I think this story was nominated for the Nebulas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-31198034903967050552009-02-28T13:07:00.000-06:002009-02-28T13:07:00.000-06:00True, plus Borges influenced Roberto Bolaño's writ...True, plus Borges influenced Roberto Bolaño's writing quite a bit; Bolaño acknowledges this in several of his short stories and novels. I'm planning on writing a Bolaño piece shortly, with some attention given to <I>La literatura nazi en América</I>, which is an homage of sorts to Borges' <I>Historia universal de la infamia</I>.Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-6594152897075610242009-02-28T12:42:00.000-06:002009-02-28T12:42:00.000-06:00Borges was a big influence on Umberto Eco as well....Borges was a big influence on Umberto Eco as well. This is especially noticeable in "The Name of the Rose" -but also less noticeably in "Foucault's Pendulum"-, with its deconstrution of the detective story -echoes of "Death and the Compass" and the notion of literary texts composed of nothing but fragments of other texts -reminiscences of "The Immortal".<BR/> In addition, some of Borges' stories such as "The Zahir" or "The Lottery in Babylon" seem to have set the template for some of Greg Egan's short-stories. Hey, there is even an allusion to "The Library of Babel" in "Wang's Carpets".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-50866648378887524792009-02-28T12:41:00.000-06:002009-02-28T12:41:00.000-06:00Borges was a big influence on Umberto Eco as well....Borges was a big influence on Umberto Eco as well. This is especially noticeable in "The Name of the Rose" -but also less noticeably in "Foucault's Pendulum"-, with its deconstrution of the detective story -echoes of "Death and the Compass" and the notion of literary texts composed of nothing but fragments of other texts -reminiscence of "The Immortal".<BR/>In addition, some of Borges' stories such as "The Zahir" or "The Lottery in Babylon" seem to have set the template for some of Greg Egan's short-stories. Hey, there is even an allusion to "The Library of Babel" in "Wang's Carpets".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-14207912370559657822009-02-27T22:44:00.000-06:002009-02-27T22:44:00.000-06:00Glad you enjoyed it! Hopefully, I'll get around t...Glad you enjoyed it! Hopefully, I'll get around to writing longer, more substantive reviews of some of his non-fictions later. Those too are worth a read.Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-21446677384779160132009-02-27T22:26:00.000-06:002009-02-27T22:26:00.000-06:00Wow Larry, thanks for putting this up, it contains...Wow Larry, thanks for putting this up, it contains such interesting commentary on Borge's works. I have his collected works in English, thanks to your recommendation when i first found this blog (a happy day).I am going to delve into this blog post later, thanks again<BR/><BR/>-SiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com