A review by bobbo49
A Personal Anthology by Jorge Luis Borges

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

 Like other Borges collections, some of the essays and poems are good . . . and some just take my breath away. His ability to vividly capture historical people and events and examine them through a philosopher's lens, or to look at his own life as he evolved, or to find deepest meaning in the ephemeral, is all simply magical. And I loved rereading some things I had read years ago, such as those from The Aleph and Other Stories.