1.
The Library of Babel
A metaphor of our contemporary culture.
11 points - added 12 years ago by vlad -
2.
Death and the Compass
Mathematics and literature blended together.
10 points - added 12 years ago by vlad -
3.
Inferno I, 32
7 points - added 12 years ago by vlad -
4.
Deutsches Requiem
3 points - added 12 years ago by vlad -
5.
Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
2 points - added 12 years ago by vlad -
6.
The Zahir
1 point - added 12 years ago by vlad -
7.
The Garden of Forking Paths
1 point - added 12 years ago by vlad -
8.
The Form of the Sword
Another important short story centered on the ideas of history and identity.
1 point - added 12 years ago by vlad -
9.
The Immortal
1 point - added 12 years ago by vlad -
10.
Story of the Warrior and the Captive
1 point - added 12 years ago by vlad -
11.
The Golem
1 point - added 12 years ago by vlad -
12.
The Other Tiger
1 point - added 12 years ago by vlad -
13.
Ariosto and the Arabs
1 point - added 12 years ago by vlad -
14.
An Examination of the Work of Herbert Quain
0 points - added 12 years ago by vlad -
15.
The God’s Script
0 points - added 12 years ago by vlad -
16.
Funes, the Memorius
A brilliant tale about a man who can’t forget anything.
0 points - added 12 years ago by vlad -
17.
The End
0 points - added 12 years ago by vlad -
18.
Pierre Menard, Author of Don Quixote
One of the most discussed short stories by Borges.
0 points - added 12 years ago by vlad -
19.
The Babylon Lottery
0 points - added 12 years ago by vlad -
20.
The House of Asterion
0 points - added 12 years ago by vlad -
21.
Ibn-Hakam al-Bokhari, Murdered in His Labyrinth
-1 point - added 12 years ago by vlad -
22.
A Soldier of Urbina
-2 points - added 12 years ago by vlad -
23.
The Wall and the Books
-2 points - added 12 years ago by vlad -
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