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Questions about literature in Spanish: works of literature which were originally written in the Spanish language, whether from Spain, Latin America, or elsewhere.
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What does Jorge Luis Borges mean by the library being infinite in "The Library of Babel"?
There are several options -- which makes sense, as this is a story which explores the idea of infinity.
The Library is spherical
Immediately following the line "I say that the Library is unending", …
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In "The Library of Babel" is the "cyclical book" really God?
You are bringing the first quote a little out of context:
The idealists argue that the hexagonal rooms are a necessary from of absolute space or, at least, of our intuition of space. They reason t …
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How do real-world languages exist in "The Library of Babel"?
The Library of Babel cannot be taken as plausible, realistic worldbuilding. "How can real-world languages exist" is not going to have more of an answer than "How does an immense number of bound books …
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What does the "crimson hexagon" represent in "The Library of Babel"?
A central concern of The Library of Babel — and particularly this section of it — is the search for order and meaning within a chaotic world.
In this passage, Borges introduces the Purifiers; those wh …
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