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Beautiful writing and the ideas in the characters heads are thought through so thoroughly.

The first review I saw mentioned how forgiving this book is to it’s characters, and I find that striking already in the first chapter. Such an insane string of events here and the characters are unpunished, it seems. It feels that the death of this girl the the desecration of her body are simply things we have moved on from.

Done with “The Aleph,” very interesting collection of short stories and I feel like I haven’t done it justice as a reader. Borges thought that the reader is as much an artist as an author is, and in this case I find my imagination to be inadequate in completing his works of art. I’m the opposite of discouraged by this. I’m excited to read more Borges and grow my artistic capabilities as a reader.