The Library of Babel

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title: The Library of Babel
text: "The Library of Babel" is a short story by Argentine author and librarian Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986), conceiving of a universe in the form of a vast library containing all possible 410-page books of a certain format and character set. The story was originally published in Spanish in Borges' 1941 collection of stories El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan. That entire book was, in turn, included within his much-reprinted Ficciones (1944). Two English-language translations appeared approximatel
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description: Short story by Jorge Luis Borges
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date modified: 2024-09-03T02:56:21Z
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