Borgesian
Britishadjective
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of Jorge Luis Borges or his works
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reminiscent of elements of Borges' stories and essays, esp labyrinths, mirrors, reality, identity, the nature of time, and infinity
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To outsiders, Argentina may seem like a Borgesian funhouse of mazes and mirrors, ruled by Peronist populists and their glamorous spouses who get turned into Broadway musicals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
In this Borgesian novel, a man describes his contented existence in an infinite mansion composed of room after room lined with marble statues.
From Slate ● Dec. 10, 2020
In the Borgesian section called “A Twice-Told Tale,” the protagonist, split into multiple selves, finds himself “trapped inside” a story by Poe, full of literary echoes, doubles and narrative repetition.
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2018
They are both compelling pictures of chaos, of being lost in the world, a creature lost in a forlorn space, and a visual map of lostness condensed into Borgesian irony.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 11, 2017
The landscape mapped out by these experiences is simultaneously its own Borgesian map.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai
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