“The Rigor of Angels,” by William Egginton, considers how three very different men — Jorge Luis Borges, Immanuel Kant and Werner Heisenberg — rejected conventional assumptions about reality and embraced paradoxical truths instead.
I have only been successful in reading Borges by looking up the characters he builds his stories around. I couldn’t understand the dynamics of the story because I lacked perspective. I have a feeling this book would bury me.
I have only been successful in reading Borges by looking up the characters he builds his stories around. I couldn’t understand the dynamics of the story because I lacked perspective. I have a feeling this book would bury me.
To appreciate Borges one must realize that he had a wonderful sense of irony and humor.