As a somewhat latecomer to the work of Borges, I've created this list to find authors that share some of the aspects that attracts me in Borges: the magic realism, the clear dense prose, literary references, the metafictional elements, the historical settings, the use of themes/metaphors like labyrinths, libraries etc.

I've started with some of the authors I like and that for me have an approach to writing similar to Borges: Eco, Calvino, Marquez etc.
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19 books · 12 voters · list created March 19th, 2016 by Erik (votes) .
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message 1: by Mar Hyggelig (new)

Mar Hyggelig You know, in Argentina, Maria Kodama curated... I don't know how to say it in english. Books would be sold on newstands, realtively cheap, that were the ones Borges thought to be must reads...

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message 2: by Erik (new)

Erik Thanks for your comment Martofunes, great article/list, I've not seen that on before!


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