The Circular Ruins, by Jorge Luis Borges
Radiant Whispers
English - July 05, 2019 18:32 - 21 minutes - 38.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingSociety & Culture Religion & Spirituality literature poetry history fables theatre novels stories spirituality faith london Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The story we read today is by a true giant of Latin American and world literature, the Argentinian Jorge Luis Borges. The Circular Ruins is a masterpiece of fantasy literature, and deals with how dreams are manifested in reality… Borges' launching pad is a passage from Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll in which Tweedledee draws Alice's attention to the sleeping Red King, and claims that she is nothing but a character in the King's dream.