Friday, September 19, 2008

"Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" by Jorge Luis Borges

I have mixed feelings about this story. At some points I felt like I knew what was going on and then in others I was always wondering what the hell it was talking about. There were several parts of the story that I had to read multiple times just so I wouldn't lose track of the story. But more times than not I lost track of it.

Something that probably might of helped me understand this story would have been a well established main character. If there would have been a main character taking us on an adventure to find information about this imaginary country, then I might have been able to follow the story a little easier.

While I was reading the story, I kept thinking about the DaVinci Code. This story had a lot of similarities to Dan Brown's book. Like the secret society in this story that was chosen to carry this idea reminded me of the "Priory of Sion" that is found in the DaVinci Code.

The story did give some interesting theories that I had never thought of. But, the reason why I probably had never thought of them is because they are so unrealistic. They just really didn't make any logical sense.

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