AUTHOR: Jorge Luis Borges
READ: December
THOUGHTS: Technically only read the prose pieces from this book, as my Borges collection doesn't have any of his poetry in it. The stories were all wonderful. As I have been making my way through the Borges oeuvre chronologically, and given that his most highly regarded work was written in '40's, I expected the Borges stories later on to lessen in quality. I have not found this to be true yet. It seems like as Borges got older he was able to condense what he wanted to do in an even smaller amount of space, even though most of his classic stories are only about 7-10 pages long. Some of the most powerful stories in here are about two or three paragraphs; I was particularly emotionally affected by "A Prayer." Also really love Borges' prefaces to all of his collections, something that by today's standards might seem 'lame' -- but I think I would like seeing more people writing prefaces to their own work in the future.
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