The Impossible Fiction of Jorge Luis Borges

The short stories of the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges are unlike those of any other author. Despite an average length of only a few pages, each tale is packed full of mind-boggling impossibilities of physics, philosophy and psychology, some of which are even hard to imagine. We'll be taking a look at how Borges crafted his stories and some of the incredible thinking going on behind the scenes.

FURTHER READING/VIEWING/LISTENING

'Labyrinths' by Jorge Luis Borges: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Labyrinths-Selected-Stories-Writings-Classics/dp/0141184841/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=labyrinths+borges&qid=1623231029&sr=8-1

'This Craft of Verse' Lectures by Jorge Luis Borges: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSLV7t9DvN8

On Alexius Meinong's Theory of Objects: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7v2kESrqDQ&t=325s

Radio Programmes about Borges' work and life:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b0418kg8

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3cszjw0

MUSIC

'jake' - Che-Yu : https://soundcloud.com/cheyuwu/jake-1

'sonder' - Che-Yu : https://soundcloud.com/cheyuwu/sonder-1

"Ebbs and Flows" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

'5:54 AM (Dawn)' - Ross Budgen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKYP5HOjng0&t=91s

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