I have been sitting on this book awhile.. it's apparently some of his most famous stories, and I have to admit with library school, it's not necessarily an appealing read because it's very demanding. Once you're engulfed in one of his stories, you find it to be profound and so unique... kind of dream like with a some mysticism. Some of the more memorable ones:
Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius- Uqbar is a place he discovers as a result of tracing the origins of an encyclopedia
The Circular Ruins - a man and his dreams
The Babylon Lottery
The Library of Babel
Funes, the Memprious - a man who suddenly regains a memory beyond belief -a young man with an old soul
Death and the Compass
The Secret Miracle - a man has a death sentence and asks God to prolong his life a year longer so he can finish his story...the year is granted, but it's right before his execution and only in his own mind
No comments:
Post a Comment