Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
by Jorge Luis Borges | October 15, 1982 | Literature & Fiction
`Here is a handsome edition of one of Borges' ficciones, in a translation first published in Labyrinths in 1962. It's an important story in the Borges' canon, incorporating most of the author's philosophical and esthetic preoccupations in a typically brief compass. With great solemnity and a convincing array of scholarly detail (including annotated references to imaginary books and articles), Bo...
`Here is a handsome edition of one of Borges' ficciones, in a translation first published in Labyrinths in 1962. It's an important story in the Borges' canon, incorporating most of the author's philosophical and esthetic preoccupations in a typically brief compass. With great solemnity and a convincing array of scholarly detail (including annotated references to imaginary books and articles), Borges contocts a fable of an alternate world and its infiltration of our own. The reality of Tlon is idealist: material objects have no existence; language has no nouns; its principal discipline is psychology, since its inhabitants see the universe as nothing but a series of mental processes. A series of 24 illustrations accompanies the text. Their disturbing resemblances to our reality make them appropriate reflections of Borges's imaginative constructs.' -- The Kingston Whig-Standard
More details for Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
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ISBN #
0889840725
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Page count
78 pages
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Publication Date
October 15, 1982
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Publisher
Porcupine's Quill
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Category
Fiction
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Genre
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Amazon Star Rating
5.0
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Amazon Ratings Count
4 ratings
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Amazon Last Rating Data Date
September 12, 2021
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