When I pick up a book and begin reading it, I’m awaiting
that moment when I know I’ve found my next favorite book. It does not come each
and every time I read a novel. However, it did happen when I read the story of - Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius.
I had so many highlights as I read this
story. I think my favorite was this one… “Captivated by its discipline,
humanity forgets and goes on forgetting that it is the discipline of chess
players, not of angels.” Though to be fair, there were a great many parts
to this entire novel that I loved, I do believe I loved the first story the most.
The way Borges brings the reader on the
journey with him is astounding. I wish I had found his words long ago.
“The sun had already
disappeared from view, but a final splendor exalted the vivid and silent plain,
before the night erased its color.”
“I cannot imagine the universe without the interjection of
Edgar Allan Poe.”
Though I do not possess the ability to put to words just how
much I adore this novel, I do so love how it plants the desire for knowledge in
me. I will re-read this book many times, I know.
