The Immortal Borges -

To read Borges is to enter a hall of mirrors. You think you’re reading about a Chinese emperor’s map, or a library of hexagonal rooms, or a man who dreams another man — but really, you’re reading about reading. About the shimmering impossibility of a final page.

In The Aleph , Borges describes a point in space that contains all other points—a glimpse of the totality of the universe. When the protagonist sees it, he is overwhelmed by the infinite. the immortal borges