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  The Riddle of Poetry by Jorge Luis Borges, or Borges: el misterio esencial: Conversaciones en universidades de los Estados Unidos – Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges is included on The Bokklubben World Library’s Best 100 Books of All Time, while on The Greatest Books of All Time site you find it in 45 th place – there are thousands of reviews on magnum opera from the aforementioned and other web pages on my blog   https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html and YouTube channel   9 out of 10   Jorge Luis Borges https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-garden-of-forking-paths-by-jorge.html is one of the greatest writers of all time, although he is a bit cryptic, too sophisticated for me - however, The Riddle of Poetry is much more accessible, for these are lectures in which he explains…The Riddle of Poetry   Nevertheless, he starts with modesty, by saying that he does not possess the secret, does not know what the...

  Temporary Kings by Anthony Powell is the eleventh volume of the chef d’oeuvre A Dance To The Music of Time, which is included on some of the most prestigious (perhaps all of them) lists: The All-TIME 100 Best Novels, The Modern Library’s Best 100 Novels, and it is ranked 329 th on the Greatest Books of All Time site, most important for this space, it is one of my Top 50 Favorites…you have thousands of reviews of magnum opera from the aforementioned and other lists on my blog   https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html and YouTube channel, where my macaws are the stars   10 out of 10   I am coming to the end of the masterpiece https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2026/05/books-do-furnish-room-by-anthony-powell.html A Dance To The Music of Time, Temporary Kings is the one before last, and although I am sorry to end this delightful ride, for the second time, there is always a t...

  The Short Stories of Anton Chekhov are included on The Bokklubben World Library’s Best 100 Books of All Time list, and they are ranked 127th on The Greatest Books of All Time site…you have thousands of reviews on magnum opera from the aforementioned and other web pages on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html and YouTube channel, where my macaws are the stars   10 out of 10   The Stories of Anton Chekhov https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2024/05/a-country-cottage-by-anton-chekhov.html are included among The Best 100 Books of All Time in one important version, while they sit at 127 on The Greatest Books of All Time site, and indeed, I have started listening to some of them again, and they are wondrous   One of the latest is called The Illegitimate, albeit I did not find it listed as such, there is a theatrical adaptation, so the original might be under a different name, notwithstanding that, it is about an…...

  The Jubilee by Anton Chekhov – The Short Stories of Anton Chekhov are included on The Bokklubben World Library’s Best 100 Books of All Time list, and they are ranked 127th on The Greatest Books of All Time site…you have thousands of reviews on magnum opera from the aforementioned and other web pages on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html and YouTube channel   8 out of 10   Anton Chekhov https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-marriage-proposal-by-anton-chekhov.html is one of my favorite authors, I like his plays and the short stories, indeed, his Collection of Short Stories are included on The 100 Best Books of All Time list, and they are ranked 127 th on the Greatest Books of All Time site   The humor in Jubilee is provided by this woman who intrudes upon The Jubilee: this bank is celebrating, when this character walks in, asking for money, she feels it is a legitimate request, albeit they keep t...

  Swan Song by Anton Chekhov – The Short Stories of Anton Chekhov are included on The Bokklubben World Library’s Best 100 Books of All Time list, and they are ranked 127 th on The Greatest Books of All Time site…you have thousands of reviews on magnum opera from the apportioned and other web pages on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html and YouTube channel   10 out of 10   Kingsley Amis https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-letters-of-kingsley-amis-edited-by.html my absolute favorite novelist wrote about the ‘Checkoff formula: you take a lot of characters, all miserable because of something they won't do, and let them talk without influencing each other for three acts, and at the last moment you introduce some arbitrary calamity, or some proposed change like a return to Petrograd or a holiday in the Cry-mere, which you know won't make any difference to any o...

  Being There by Jerzy Kosinski   What an intriguing and fascinating book!  Considering that I have seen the film based on the novel, with an excellent Peter Sellers in the leading role, I knew what to expect. Up to a point. There are a few angles or perspectives that can affect your perception of this story. The easiest one would be to just dismiss it as a simple, impossible fantasy that sends such a primitive, obvious message, that you can just forget about it. Stupid people manage to get ahead and our leaders are troglodytes that speak in tongues. Actually, perhaps I should stop here and take this way out and cross out this short saga - there's another book finished for you I am not going do to that, for I am still thinking about the other angles. Another option that I hate, would be preferred by my buddies from the sauna. They are thrilled by the conspiracy theories and from one stage on, the plot will offer them ammunition. - you see, this is how they promote me...