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**Frownland** · 11-07-2020, 06:35 PM

Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges

I didn't know you were allowed to do that! Mindblowing, weblike short stories that give you a lot to chew on. Absolute masterworks of form and language.

Trollheart · 11-21-2020, 02:48 PM

Currently reading The 1001 Nights (or The Arabian Nights, if you prefer) for Karen. We were on a Dickens kick, but Martin Chuzzlewit soured that, so after let's see... Hard Times, Nicholas Nickelback sorry Nickleby and Bleak House, we decided to move on before coming back to him.

Incredible that stories written nearly a thousand years ago can still entertain and be read so easily (obviously they're translations but still). Just got started on "Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp"; really enjoyed "The Tale of the Hunchback" - hilarious - and of course the voyages of Sindbad. You can see how a lot of elements were taken from these tales to create our own western versions.

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges I didn't know you were allowed to do that! Mindblowing, weblike short stories that give you a lot to chew on. Absolute masterworks of form and language. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Currently reading The 1001 Nights (or The Arabian Nights, if you prefer) for Karen. We were on a Dickens kick, but Martin Chuzzlewit soured that, so after let's see... Hard Times, Nicholas Nickelback sorry Nickleby and Bleak House, we decided to move on before coming back to him. Incredible that stories written nearly a thousand years ago can still entertain and be read so easily (obviously they're translations but still). Just got started on "Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp"; really enjoyed "The Tale of the Hunchback" - hilarious - and of course the voyages of Sindbad. You can see how a lot of elements were taken from these tales to create our own western versions. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018