Agree: 8 is enough.
-
-
-
In Nabokov's sci-fi novel "Ada" the Nabokovian narrator's comments about his newly discovered Antipodean doppelganger "Osberg" are pretty funny. Still, despite Borges' repetitiousness, his achievement was close to novel, so he's very much worth reading, just not at length.
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
This seems like more of a general rule than a quirk of Borges; or if specific to him, then merely a reaction to how uniquely ingenious some of his ideas can be. A writer such as Agatha Christie might have hundreds of readable but formulaic stories, but none of them genius.
-
The criticism of Borges as repetitious also has something to do with how high his readers' IQ are and how galvanizing the first few Borges stories encountered are for bright readers. In contrast, Agatha Christie fans are happy with more of the same.
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
yeah, everyone should read the story about an infinity enclosed in a finite space. no, the other one. no, the other other one...
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
I nominate "The Garden of Forking Paths", which was in an anthology and part of my English 101 course at university. I wasn't actually assigned it, but decided to read it anyway and it was absolutely mesmerizing.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
In the original?
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Diminishing returns to intricate little stories.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.