Borges Labyrinth in Venice reopens to the public

Re:Borges Labyrinth in Venice reopens to the public by officehero on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @02:37AM (#49518697)

"House of Asterion" is Borges's main labyrinth story as far as I can remember. "Library of Babel", "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbits Tertius", "The Immortal" and "The Aleph" are my favorites. His collected works fit in a single book and is a great example of quality beats quantity.

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Re:Borges Labyrinth in Venice reopens to the public by devindotcom on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @03:16AM (#49518988)

I suspect most would point to The Garden of Forking Paths as his "main labyrinth story" if he could be said to have such a thing. The Library of Babel is also a labyrinth of sorts. I recall another where a guy faked his own murder. He was really a labyrinthine guy.

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Re:Borges Labyrinth in Venice reopens to the public by arctek on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @10:50AM (#49522745)

"The next time I kill you," said Scharlach, "I promise you the labyrinth made of the single straight line which is invisible and everlasting."

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Re:Borges Labyrinth in Venice reopens to the public by mcphage on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @08:30AM (#49521071)

He also has “The Two Kings and the Two Labyrinths”, which is short but perfect.

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