The Library of Babel
Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges (24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, and a key figure in Spanish-language literature. This file contains the English version of his short story "The Library of Babel", first published in March 1960.
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It suggests an entire universe as a library, containing every possible book there could be in a format of each book having 410 pages, tied to a specific format and character set. The result is considerably larger than our galaxy, and comprised of an endless assortment of hexagonal rooms.
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It is perhaops the architype for the wanderers library.
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It suggests an entire universe as a library, containing every possible book there could be in a format of each book having 410 pages, tied to a specific format and character set. The result is considerably larger than our galaxy, and comprised of an endless assortment of hexagonal rooms.
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It is perhaops the architype for the wanderers library.
Κατηγορίες:
Έτος:
2017
Εκδότης:
VintReads
Γλώσσα:
english
Σελίδες:
24
Αρχείο:
EPUB, 863 KB
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english, 2017