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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2013-12-16 07:10 pm

[ SECRET POST #2540 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2540 ⌋

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Re: Weird Books

[personal profile] lynx 2013-12-17 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
Borges is amazing, though I'm not sure the English translations do him justice (but what can you do? Traduttore traditore est). I heartfully rec "The Aleph and Other Stories" anthology. Though the anthology "Ficciones" has two of my favourites (besides The Library of Babel): "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" and "The Secret Miracle". The last one was the first Borges story I ever read, when I was a kid :3
Edited (Sorry for all the edits, I had to check if my translations of the titles were accurate ^^;;) 2013-12-17 04:45 (UTC)

Re: Weird Books

(Anonymous) 2013-12-17 08:27 am (UTC)(link)
Borges is magnificent. My favorite in "Ficciones" is "Pierre Menard, Author of Don Quixote". Blew my mind in the best way possible.

Another rec: Mark Helprin's "A Winter's Tale" has stuck with me for years. Alternate early New York. Probably would be considered alternate history/fantasy but it seems to transcend genre.

John Crowley's "Little, Big" is another one that had a somewhat similar feel.