Infinity according to Jorge Luis Borges - Ilan Stavans

Dive into the mind-bending works of Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges, whose work pioneered the literary style magical realism.
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What would it be like to have a limitless memory? Can the meaning of life be found in an infinite library? Is time a labyrinth or a single moment? Jorge Luis Borges explored these questions of infinity in his many works. His body of essays, poems and stories pioneered the literary style known as magical realism- and each was just a few pages long. Ilan Stavans dives into the world of Borges.
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[@angelechavarria8170]

I do recommend a book with short stories of Borges called The Aleph, it is incredibly immersive and spontaneous but so thoughtful, i just can say that you will love every word contained on it

[@Ronenlahat]

Which includes the story with the leopard, amazing book.

[@diegosaldana9396]

@Karla Munoz Cómpralo en línea, no es infrecuente hallarlo.

[@nicanornunez9787]

Oh men you got to read El informe Brody, or El libro de arena, I don't know what title they put in English, maybe Brody's report and the book of sand, that is my favorite book of Borges but maybe El informe is better.

[@Yarblocosifilitico]

@@Ronenlahat jaguar, I think. The Lizard King; one of my fav

[@Falca119]

Posiblemente mi favorito!

[@fedexos11]

Borges' writings are incredible: they combine carefully planned sentences, storytelling and plot mechanisms with mind-blowing situations and thoughts that leave you understanding so much yet so little about a piece of fictional history. He is arguably the best writer in Latin American history and I definitely recommend reading every one of his works.

[@Trommel57]

The best writer in Latin America? Jorge Luis Borges is the best writer in the history of mankind. Un escritor único.

[@JohnDevitt]

@@Trommel57 I'm very inclined to agree!

[@sloaiza81]

Who do you think is the best in human history?

[@apsmine]

Can you please explain Odin's Disc?? What is it actually?

[@tedtolliver572]

@@apsmine It's from a short story written by Jorge Luis Borges. You can read a summary here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Disk

[@camiloordonez4906]

Borges is such an unique writer, one of my favorites. Btw this video is so great the way it explains Borges' literature really moved me.

[@3du76]

I don't agree that Borges belongs to the "magical realism" movement. Like Piglia said, he gave form the concept of "speculative fiction" or "conceptual lieterature". But above all, like Kafka, he's his own genere.

[@childofmine8086]

Finally, someone who sees this too!! Sorry, folks, but not every Latin American author wrote Magical Realism

[@wgjung1]

Borges hated magical realism.

[@szczesciejestkoloruczarneg749]

Exactly

[@f.ah.c2114]

You are pretty much right; Borges’s genre is called Ultraism, an odd variation of realism with with philosophical or metaphysical premises to it.

[@lepauvrehomme]

Yeah, indeed. Utter rubbish to associate him to Magical realism!

[@hrithik3165]

Jorge Luis Borge, we are thankful to you. Because without you there wouldn't be Calvino, Marques or Rushdie. And many other countless pieces of arts which were overtly as well as sometimes covertly influenced by your work. Thank you. If you are still up there somewhere in your infinite library flipping through books. Gathering all the experience ever experienced.

[@javim160]

Absolutely true ! And we didn't have a fictional character called Jorges de Burgos, the blind librarian in Eco's novel The Name of the Rose

[@brandonsaraniti771]

This man changed my life. I discovered him while studying abroad in Buenos Aires when I read The Aleph. I then wrote my Spanish Thesis in college on El Tango: Cuatro Conferencias. His short stories give everyone a mind workout, and gives you that childlike ability again of asking questions to things that seem "obvious" to the average person. I will be internally grateful for reading his works.

[@Fran_Fuentes]

I can never get bored of his books, I can read them again again and again and get fascinated anyway

[@juancruzlivio3515]

Please do a Cortazar video next! It would be great

[@austinsvans]

YES

[@deibid2003]

Yes please!

[@joseizaguirre8036]

Yes!!

[@nataliarodriguez3740]

SIIIIII

[@the_yago]

Please!

[@sayondeepchoudhury7558]

I always find that the experience of reading a Borges short story is akin to reading good poetry. Like great poems his stories demand to be read many times over and like great poetry it brings you closer to experience the 'eff in the ineffable'.

[@rizowanahussaini1019]

I discovered Borges earlier this year and fell in love with his words as soon as I started reading. His story telling is a divinely intricate web that leads the reader to new vistas of discoveries about time, eternity, and ultimately, themselves. A pure delight.

[@ligeiasinistra879]

Labyrinths & Mirrors. Infinity & Time. God almighty can not change the past... But can change the image of the past.

[@rocknroll909]

One of the best short story authors not only of Latin America but of the entire world. Genius.

[@v44n7]

The The Circular Ruins is my favorite Borges book, what I felt after reading the ending was probably like what experiencing conscience feels like.

[@henrypaucar839]

Lo mismo me pasó a mí. Fue en secundaria. Fue el asombro total. Gracias a Borges.

[@dr.a7759]

The begging of that book Is the most perfect thing. The same feeling with the catcher in the Rye

[@briansanjurjo9303]

Orgullo argentino. El mejor escritor de mi país. 🇦🇷❤️💙

[@baldonugra2220]

¿Por qué no me dejás de joder? Argentina ni existe. ¿Y por qué decís que es el mejor escritor? ¿Y de dónde sos?

[@danielcarvalho6740]

That guy is an amazing writer... some people get amused by some pop fictions but if they just read some tales of him, their mind would really blow and be enchanted by it The first tale of fim I’ve read was the library of Babel... so fantastic

[@AJ-xm4xc]

It’s a higher level of thinking I believe. Not many people are into this.

[@adrianac3258]

I agree indeed one of the best writers that have ever existed.

[@e.matthews]

@@AJ-xm4xc I think they just need a good introduction to the work, it's not that they wouldn't like it. Hopefully Ted-Ed helps with that! He packs so much into short stories as well when many people don't find time for full novels.

[@AJ-xm4xc]

Ewan Matthews True.

[@reinebautistamercado4286]

Meh. I find his works boring and trying hard to be poetic. I couldn't get passed the first few pages. But maybe the effect is different if I read the original language versions?

[@juliogaonasalas4151]

It would be awesome if you guys make a video of Octavio Paz.

[@francosci4514]

Yes pls

[@charlietoloza3233]

Borges is, without a question, one of the greatest writers of all time. And he loved literature from Poe, Conan Doyle, Wells, Stevenson, Chesterton, Bradbury, Fitzgerald... He was born from the writers that "crítics" call less serious

[@osse1n]

*Magical storytelling.* One immerses with such intensity and aliveness. Wonderful.

[@didinx8417]

Borges 'Death and the Compass' is my favourite short story....bloody brilliant. An influence on Umberto Eco and influenced by Conan Doyle....

[@vikingrollo8012]

Great story., mine is the circular ruins

[@maria-lz3he]

omg im crying this is amazing! as an argentinian i love borges so much! it's very difficult to read his books tho, he uses complex words and his tramas are so deep too. thank u, u explained to me tons of stuff i didn't know about his work. Xx

[@ckaren001araujoh.9]

The Circular Ruins is until now one of the best short stories I've ever read and inspired me a lot.

[@jnbfilm56]

Read anything from Borges, it will expand your mind like nothing else. They aren't simple or easy, but they are so rewarding. Happy reading, everyone!

[@yum8666]

The library of babel is what really shook my understanding of our universe. There is no one truth if it is out there in the library. The story that reads your life has the same value as a random string of characters both happening by chance because of infinity. Thus for our real world, how I see it is that anything we can imagine is true to some degree because if we can think of it then nature has allowed for that thought or belief to exist in some capacity.

[@safflower_s]

I'm so glad this video exists! The animation is gorgeous. Watching this made me remember how much I love his books, and now I really need to re-read them. Thank you!

[@pabloalvarez2162]

Where are you from?

[@MorpheusRishi]

Whoever is narrating this, his voice is like whiskey and cigar in a cold evening

[@danoslehoy]

Amo profundamente a Borges, el Maestro Borges, que triste sería la vida, al menos la mía, sin tener a Borges, gracias por toda la eternidad Maestro !!

[@mathmaker6946]

As a Latino from the south, I'm really proud of that guy. It's just awesome, I wanna know more about their work

[@arfn1973]

And they say mathematics can't be fictional and magical.

[@goyonman9655]

Don't mind them

[@romanski5811]

Who says that?

[@arfn1973]

Some of my friend.

[@romanski5811]

@@arfn1973 Could you name one single example? Because I believe that probably even nobody ever said that and that you just claim that "they say".

[@divyaakashdutta4038]

My Maths teacher used to say that.

[@Marsisredandhot]

Could you guys do something like this but for Rulfo's Pedro Páramo?

[@JesusSanchez-ul1qq]

For all of his written legacy! Which I feel, accomodates to TED ed's own ideals: Brief, yet wonderfully achieved.

[@lepauvrehomme]

Who’s that cat?

[@joe_ESC]

Argentinian here, I'm so proud 🇦🇷❤️

[@mikehoot3978]

You're not Borges, don't be so proud. "The most incorrigible vice of the Argentines is nationalism, the mania of the primates". JLB

[@nachoo9774]

Mike Hoot Borges says he is nationalist in many interviews. His grandparents fought for the country and he always felt a coward for being a writer instead. He writes about Arentinian literature and history. He writes in Argentinian Spanish and his verses sing about Buenos Aires and La Pampa. Yes we should ve proud of him. What hace you read about him? Only Ficciones?

[@mikehoot3978]

@@nachoo9774 He was an anarchist. He hates nationalism. Love your homeland is not nationalism. You need to study some politics.

[@CneoPompeyo17]

@@mikehoot3978 Somos incorregibles

[@famce134]

@@CneoPompeyo17 No, solo los peronistas.

[@rockymachine]

Now I have to add Borges to my reading list. Thanks!

[@mariajosefinasaporito5189]

Maxence Matteau you won’t regret it! Reading Borges is an awesome experience, and one can enjoy it even more in Spanish

[@matiaswieja6278]

In Argentina (bithplace of Borges), and I think that in the rest of latin america as well, we called the literary movement "realismo magico" not "lo real marivilloso". That was a pretty grousome error, because it completely changed the meaning. I think that such a popular media as ted should check those thinks better. Otherwise great video! Love Borges, the only bad think about reading him is that it leaves you with the sensation that nothing that is worthy of being written could be written after his works...

[@ghabyh690]

Just wanted to let you know the initial quote was not wrote by Borges, please check it and change it if it's possible

[@unluistorres]

Ghabyh I wanted to say the same.

[@kennethgatteniii1792]

It’s strikingly similar to a quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr: “I used to dream of a final calm under old trees, no--impossibly, in England or the East, ” he once told Einstein. But, he had concluded, “one must grow one’s trees in one’s soul.”

[@jorgeeduardodussanvillanue46]

@@kennethgatteniii1792 Also, in "Candide" by Voltaire: "We must cultivate our garden"

[@vin1091]

Man!! I love Borges. Awesome mind, Borges & I is one of my favorite short stories all time.

[@CocTheElf]

Using Borges' own words, he wrote "literatura fantástica". Also, "lo real maravilloso" isn't the same as "realismo mágico".

[@la_polaca]

Exactamente, lo real maravilloso is a concept created by Alejo Carpentier (El reino de este mundo), which also isn't the same as "realismo mágico". There is a tendency to put everything written in Latin America in the second half of the XX century into the vague category of magic realism.

[@tomasdominguez4807]

I think Real Maravilloso is a bit like a Porto-realismo mágico no?

[@hsryu5569]

Truly fascinating how literature can explore and create such unique worlds.

[@Kai-gt2gi]

Hyun Seok Ryu nice icon

[@hsryu5569]

@@Kai-gt2gi thank you!

[@redsol3629]

I am currently reading Poems of the Night by Borges and it is so beautifully descriptive. The night comes alive.

[@danieljankowski6659]

I can’t even describe how much I love Borges

[@armandolopezl]

Borges doesn't need a Nobel he's a gift for the humankind, his works are loaded with a lot of philosphy when you read him you'll find warm an healthy ideas

[@Hayaros]

I was thinking about reading some of Borges' works, but this video totally sold me! I'm definitely gonna read him now.

[@sashafalcon2232]

Hayaros I can help if you want it, it's not an easy writer to start with.

[@anthonybonfim7722]

Keeping with the theme of latin american writers, I'd love to see a video about a Brazilian writer like Machado de Assis

[@Fran_Fuentes]

Can you recommend me a book of Machado de Assis. I need to read more brazilian literature.

[@gabrielcaldini]

"Dom Casmurro" is his most famous and enigmatic, while "Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas" is probably his most important (styllistically speaking), as it opened the doors for realism here in Brazil

[@gabrielcaldini]

I would recommend starting with the first and then following it up with the latter

[@anthonybonfim7722]

​@@Fran_Fuentes The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas is considered one of his most important novels, I think it portrays his unique style and irony very clearly and in my personal opinion I think it's also one of the most entertaining of his works, so that would be my recomendation.

[@gabrielcaldini]

I also recommend "Vidas Secas" by Graciliano Ramos which tells a story about a family running away from a severe drought in the northeastern part of the country and their struggles with crushing poverty, horrible working conditions and government abuse

[@BlizzardX1K]

Woah! I'd love to read his works now. That wink at the end gave me goosebumps

[@adolfoaramayo8071]

I don't think the quote at the beginning is by Borges. Please, do check that.

[@benjaminpadilla4491]

you´re right

[@Leibniz_28]

Agree

[@flormendoza2588]

Usan citas falsas... el mismo recurso que usaba Borges... XD

[@juancollodel1503]

You should definitely make a video about Julio Cortázar, one of the greatest South American writers.

[@ionsaxofon]

He writes using different registers and polyphony, similar to Bach or Escher. His stories are layered in several levels of recursive, changeable meanings, always suggesting a multi-dimensional labyrinth. Will take you to the edge of the knowable and beyond

[@az7500]

To discover ALEPH, only to be imprisoned by ZAIR until only the shadow of the rose remains and consumes the ego. Borges understood the humanity's nostalgia for the Infinite very well. Borges is immortal. Thank you for this video.

[@heroinasytumbas3346]

One of my favorite authors. Thank you for this video!

[@ceciliamilan2863]

There is a difference between "literatura fantástica" and "realismo mágico". Some of Borges’ writing are representatives of the fantastic. There is a video where Cortázar explains this subtle but important difference. I enjoyed the video, thank you.

[@nickzardiashvili624]

The Book of Sand would be another great one to mention if we're talking about Borges' infinity. The Aleph would be another one. The Lottery in Babel is not as much about infinity, but still amazingly fascinating.

[@fjerez2591]

So proud this guy is from my country :D

[@emeillepaez9234]

When I was in college, taking a Latin American Literature class,I had a love hate relationship with his work, "The Circular Ruins," because it is really difficult to analyze, hahaha. But like Gabriel Garcia Marquez, I love how they put "magic" into our consciousness of "reality," and merged both of them as something normal.

[@ab76254]

Please please please please please make the background music of these videos available somewhere, or at least provide the names of the tracks! I swear every video is set to music as beautiful as the animations!

[@outlawph]

TED-Ed, please check your sources... the quote at the beginning is NOT Borges! The rest of the video is wonderful. Thanks

[@sergiomadrigalmora9454]

Borges is also not Magical Realism

[@pabloalvarez2162]

@vincenzo ditoma It is not even Borges style. Anyone who have read him knows it.

[@deanlycett-amin1903]

@@pabloalvarez2162 wheres your proof it is not as if you google it and tells you your wrong

[@pabloalvarez2162]

@@deanlycett-amin1903 Because I read his complete works. Several times. Never found such lame text. Tell us, instead, where do you find it.

[@outlawph]

@@pabloalvarez2162 lo actualizaron! El Borgismo ha triunfado jaja

[@kubdep]

Any chance you guys can make a video about Mario Vargas Llosa?

[@pratikroutray3707]

ALIENATING AND INCLUSIVE AT THE SAME TIME.

[@cesardomingomarina310]

Un excelente y hermoso video. Borges lo hubiera adorado. Felicitaciones para el autor, y gracias aTED por acercarnos estas maravillas

[@sosensualandfree]

The narrator's voice in this video is just perfect. The animation and music are wonderful too.

[@widget3672]

I went to Mexico and it seems magical realism is quite popular there. It would be nice to see more of it, I've always loved expanding my library

[@danielanorambuenadiaz9183]

Borges es argentino...

[@Madheim777]

i'm honestly shocked of finding an english video about Borges, being Argentinian myself. amazing!

[@franciscogarciaanton7566]

Hi there, I have written over the last 30 years about Borges.Finally, I have finished a 125 pages essay, consisting of an introduction where several points of views are expressed by different writers and a second part where 28 pieces are analized according to double coding interpretation. Francisco Garcia MD

[@dukeofmars4847]

I would love to see you give this treatment to 'the curious incident of the dog in the night-time'. The way the book is written alone will make for some great visuals.

[@iwasborntosurvive5396]

무한과 영원과 궁극의 객관과 진리가 무엇인지에 관해 미치도록 경이로운 상상력을 보여준 대문호.. 보르헤스의 작품을 처음 접했을때 이런 주제로 글을 쓰는 사람이 20세기에 존재했다는것이 나를 겸허하게 만들었음

[@aldairramirez4058]

We need this in Spanish. Great narration and visuals.

[@periwinkleadidas]

This was so well written and animated I cried. Fantastic work.

[@misaelramirez3561]

The best writer in the Spanish language of the 20th century.

[@Cuythulu]

He was an Argentinian

[@e.matthews]

Maybe *Latin American, but I think he had a lot of amazing competition and it's impossible to pick the 'best,' they represent different truths.

[@kokuinomusume]

@@Cuythulu Well, okay, make it the best writer in the Spanish language of the 20th century. There.

[@johnarbuckle2619]

@@kokuinomusume No, that would be Ortega y Gasset.

[@2x2leax]

@@Cuythulu He tried to say Spanish-speaking writer.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

*Plot Twist:* Jorge Luis Borges is basically Doctor Strange of the literature community.

[@nicanornunez9787]

Instead of hands he lost his eyes?

[@lesteryaytrippy7282]

@@nicanornunez9787 and when he lost it, his blindness became infinity. Or one possible moment in time.

[@TheProtagonizer]

Así es.

[@darcykvlogs9522]

No, Dr. Strange is the Luis Borges of tv

[@duvsan331]

@@TheProtagonizer así fue

[@Kat-tr2ig]

Fun side note, my son's high school is named Jorge Luis Borges. We live in the centre of the province of Buenos Aires.

[@AyatAlahmed]

This writer is magical, but also he is lucky for getting such vid about him, great illustrations as well LUV! ♡

[@josyfalcon5442]

He is lucky? WTF?! One of the greatest minds of the past century is lucky to have a little video of him on youtube? You are crazy.

[@siliconvalley760]

How can he think concepts like these? I believe there is some sort of mysticism involved.

[@hilariousname6826]

The 'mysticism' of imagination.

[@sosensualandfree]

Ilan Stavans got to write AND narrate a TedEd video!? Goals. He's so lucky.

[@adrianac3258]

Genius 💙👌!!!! Lofty ideas told in short format ,that packed a punch.

[@philters05]

I always watch of all your videos, because they are very informative. Hope you can create a video about our national hero Dr. Jose Rizal. Thanks! All the way from the Philippines.

[@camiloperez6947]

¡Subtítulos en español, por favor!

[@Trommel57]

¿Para qué necesita usted subtítulos? Nosotros nos contamos entre los privilegiados que pueden leer a Borges en su idioma. Saludos.

[@johannmolina3323]

pon en subtitulos del video de youtube, y luego en configuración, la opción traducir automaticamente, espero te ayude!

[@danoslehoy]

@@Trommel57 Y que tiene que ver una cosa con la otra ?

[@danoslehoy]

@@johannmolina3323 Muchas gracias por tu aporte !!

[@Trommel57]

@@danoslehoy Tiene usted razón. Me disculpo.

[@fariskasim]

Borges is not for those looking for easy reads, or another version of popular magical realists, no disrespect to any of them. To read Borges is to immerse yourself in philosophy, mysticism, spirituality (religious and non-religious) and what Thoreaux called "higher consciousness". His writings will leave you reeling, as if you are lost in infinity. I would highly recommend his non-fiction and poems as well- each piece truly remarkable.

[@sashafalcon2232]

Faris Kasim The level of deepness that someone finds in a Borges's story could be taken as an IQ test in my opinion...

[@linkking46]

Borges is one of the best! The aleph is a book I can't recommend enough! Do one about Juan Rulfo and Onetti please!!

[@benthomason3307]

I've read a lot of this guy's works. He's the king of mind screws

[@suicaedere7244]

I also like how he comments on the nature of the Laberyth with the Two kings and the two Laberynths. Man, most of his work made my younger days as a reader.

[@santiagos4290]

I always thought of Funes as a Savant, Borges was a mathematical and philosophical thinker writing stories.

[@poshnool09]

The background music is beautiful!

[@camel348]

We have a saying: “Borges escribió todo antes que todo”.

[@hilariousname6826]

That 'saying' sounds like something Borges would write - but with the name of a fictional character in place of his own ... !

[@jackryan740]

The animation is amazing

[@aiglv]

Some teachers at my university would make a distinction between 'lo real maravilloso' y 'el realismo mágico'.

[@MaynorPinto]

"lo real maravilloso" are not necesarrily fantastical in nature, it is about those stories of latinamerica that for us latinos are very common, but for foreigners they sound so out of this world that they can only be part of a work of fantasy. and "realismo magico" is the usual suspects (Garcia Marquez, etc.) and are those works where the fantastical elements in the story are narrated in a very unassuming way.

[@sebastianrc]

The first quote is (I'm 99.99% certain) definitely NOT Borges

[@tydesson]

the quote in 00:02 is clearly not from Borges... ridiculous

[@mariajosefinasaporito5189]

vincenzo ditoma as someone who read “Funes el memorioso” in Spanish, I don’t remember that quote

[@estebancabrera8625]

It's from his poem "Y uno aprende", of course it is translated

[@tydesson]

​@vincenzo ditoma Yes. And yes, you also could; If you know Borges work it is obvious, if you don't you can still google about it. It is a line from a very cheap poem "Y uno aprende" that does not belong to Borges. You can consult the Instituto Cervantes' official web about that poem cvc.cervantes.es/foros/leer_asunto1.asp?vcodigo=20083

[@tydesson]

​@@estebancabrera8625 It is a line from a very cheap poem "Y uno aprende" that does not belong to Borges. You can consult the Instituto Cervantes' official web about that poem: cvc.cervantes.es/foros/leer_asunto1.asp?vcodigo=20083

[@estebancabrera8625]

@@tydesson Thank you, I'll check it up

[@benjaminpadilla4491]

the phrase in the beginning does not belong to Borges, is not even his style.

[@Leibniz_28]

Agree

[@francorusafa3906]

¡Totalmente! ¡Una vergüenza!

[@kevinsantillans7415]

La cambiaron!

[@benjaminpadilla4491]

@@kevinsantillans7415 ¿Cuál era que ya no lo recuerdo?

[@kevinsantillans7415]

@@benjaminpadilla4491 Algo sobre un jardín de los deseos, jaja

[@MikeJBeebe]

The Witness is one best stories ever put to print. Absolutely beautiful.

[@YoLoScience]

Good explanation. You are focusing on writers too..it feels good to learn about them too.

[@santumChannelYes]

Imagina mi sorpresa cuando me di cuenta que TED-Ed subió un video sobre Borges. Increíble.

[@ergnoor3551]

The most inspiring author I’ve ever met. The greatest.

[@pichongarayOK]

what the heck is that quote in the beginning. That can't bet from borges at all.

[@deanlycett-amin1903]

well your wrong google it

[@henrypaucar839]

exacto, no es de él. Borges la calificaría de "huachafa".

[@alexandren.9346]

What a wonderful video with such a beautiful and mystical music in the background! Does anyone know the name of that piece of piano?

[@amparofigueroa9792]

Please add spanish subtitles! My mother's favourite author is Borges and she would love to understand this video

[@antocardone5287]

Amo estos videos de autores y artistas latin@s!!!

[@Fatima-rs6bv]

I don't know if you guys have heard about Allama Iqbal, but do read his books. He was a great philosopher and you can't help but be amazed by his works :)

[@vgl_artworks]

Someone on the internet commented exactly what I think of Borges: "I don't like a work with a prose overloaded and full of artifice, a work where the numerous commas, eternal phrases, excessive adjectives, and literary ornaments eat up the story. I don't like a work where pedantic prose occupies the most of the text, a work where I have to reread a paragraph more than twice to be able to get all the juice out of it. I don't like a work whose stories seem to twist and go around a thousand times to say nothing at the end. I don't like close a book and be left with the feeling of having wasted time".

[@TURCK189]

Well I guess he is not for everyone. He could be hard to read if you are not knowledgeable enough and your mind is lazy

[@vgl_artworks]

@@TURCK189 Well, I guess you shouldn't guess without basis, I have read things much better than the pompous Borges, written in a much more pleasant language and completely unpretentious, with really greater depth and more substance. Borges is pure gibberish, a thousand words to say something that could be said with twenty or less; circumloquies are another thing, a rhetorical figure that, well done, shine in literature, badly done, dripping snobbery, why? because a circumlocution is accomplished with skill, not looking for thousands of difficult or obsolete words and putting them all in the same sentence. "The unanimous night", please, that's not knowing what to write and putting whatever in; with that he makes the snob reader clap his hands frantically at something totally nonsensical. By the way, I have read so many times that something "is not for everything", books, paintings, movies, and ever is the same empty elitist phrase. But, well, I repeat what I said you at the beginning, I guess you should not guess, for just one comment, that someone lacks knowledge and is lazy minded, assume something without basis, precisely, it's from people without knowledge and with lazy mind.

[@settembrini33]

@@vgl_artworks You've never read Borges. He's the opposite of everything you just wrote. Just showing your ignorance by your long and incoherent ramble!

[@m.sofiaschroeder7319]

​@@vgl_artworks You have never read anything of Borges... An easy guess by reading that amount of Ignoranten phrases you just wrote.

[@alexalex7412FG]

⁠@@settembrini33Reading his comment, I came to the conclusion that he dislikes an author who seemingly says a lot, without saying nothing at all, while commenting in a manner and form that seems to replicate the subject he’s criticizing. Not to mention he puts down those who enjoy and find meaning in his writings, claiming literary snobbery, which in turn seems pretty pompous. Anyway, the magic of internet, everybody’s turned into a critic.

[@PADARM]

It is as if Borges predicted Quantum Mechanics and The Many Worlds Interpretacion. fascinating. I'm going to read more of him for sure.

[@lucaslayton3974]

Since you are producing more content related to writing, can you make a video about best sellers lists and why they are unreliable due to being easily manipulated etc?

[@alisawari0]

the music is really mysterious!!!

[@RudyG01]

Couldn't there be a video of Rabindranath Tagore too?

[@kaushikdas47]

Great animation, Great topic, Great, great narration.

[@andresserafino6259]

I think you should add subtitles in Spanish. However, nice video combined with a nice voice and great pronunciation