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Ficciones
Jorge Luis Borges
Buenos Aires, 1944
 
First edition. One of 3000 copies. A nice, Near Fine copy and not often found like this. It’s a fragile publication and doesn’t have the muscle of the similarly styled Ulysses to withstand the punishment of time. Rubbing along front joint, a small water spot on the spine, little stains here and there, and the super cheap paper stock has browned per usual. Faults notwithstanding, this is a money copy. It’s bright and unrepaired – well worth a space on the shelf.
 
The Argentine’s mind contorting collection of short stories - a mash up of myth, history, fantasy, parables, mysticism, and philosophy. Human consciousness has levels of malleability and multi-dimensionality that we largely ignore. This is a hobbyhorse of mine via meditation, but drugs will also take you to similar places in a much more ill advised manner. Reading Borges is yet another alternative to unlocking our steel traps and beyond that, he’s simply an important and influential writer.