trivial clarification: the Borges-Eco connection is citational old-hat really..has been much commented upon. but i find it interesting anyway - also because Eco's work is in a different register than Borges, though often dealing with similar concepts..
and actually i am reminded now, that Eco's last book, The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana is also quite an interesting take on memory -where this bookseller looses the memory of his own life, but retains that of the books he has read... and here is a wiki that tries to track down all the multiple references in Eco's book http://queenloana.wikispaces.com/ On Dec 5, 2007 3:30 PM, Abhishek Hazra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>That "Fictions" anthology of Borges is > > easily one of the least recognized masterpieces of modern literature.... > > you think so? perhaps borges is not widely read as should be, but > hasn't his genius has been widely recognized? nat geo quotes him after > all ! > and talking of Borges, you are inevitably reminded of libraries - and > here i am thinking of Jorge, the blind librarian in Eco's The Name of > the Rose - Eco's nod to the strong Borghesian influence of the book. > > also, reading this otherwise engaging description of clinical cases, i > was constantly thinking: how would have Oliver Sacks written about > these same people AJ and EP? > has anyone here read his latest book on music? > > > On Dec 5, 2007 3:15 PM, ashok _ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Dec 5, 2007 12:20 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > > http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/2007-11/memory/foer-text.html > > > > > > MEMORY > > > By Joshua Foer > > > > > In his short story "Funes the Memorious," Jorge > > > Luis Borges describes a man crippled by an > > > inability to forget. He remembers every detail of > > > his life, but he can't distinguish between the > > > trivial and the important. He can't prioritize, > > > he can't generalize. He is "virtually incapable > > > of general, platonic ideas." Perhaps, as Borges > > > concludes in his story, it is forgetting, not > > > remembering, that is the essence of what makes us > > > human. "To think," Borges writes, "is to forget." > > > > When i started reading that article, i remembered a short story by Borges... > > which is later quoted in the article. Didnt know it was possible to actually > > have a similar medical condition.... That "Fictions" anthology of Borges is > > easily one of the least recognized masterpieces of modern literature.... > > > > > > > > -- > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > does the frog know it has a latin name? > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - does the frog know it has a latin name? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
