Ficciones
Jorge Luis Borges
15 people recommended it in 9 threads, 2010–2024.
What people on Hacker News said
Ficciones by Borges — short stories that will twist your mind up, each are more puzzle than narrative, but tremendously engaging nonetheless.
This is classic from Jorge Luis Borges. It showed me at the time "experimental" literature. How can one can push story-telling to another level, like many other art forms have done.
Borges, Ficciones (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficciones); that's the quintessence of mind-blowing literature: an unparalleled mix of genius, culture and crazy imagination.
Ficciones by Borges. A real classic, each story is intriguing and some center on incredibly creative ideas.
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