![]() ![]() ![]() The great library in this novel's monastery is a dark maze laden with puzzles and traps, a Babelian labyrinth where the scholar and monk William of Baskerville spends his time playing detective on a search for a semi-mythical work of Aristotle. The fiction of Umberto Eco is a delightful sojourn through the shimmering planes of history and mythology, and among the treasures to be uncovered are references to Borges as well as some parallels to Borgesian themes. While Borges and references to Borges make plenty of appearances in his non-fiction, the Argentine Maestro has influenced his novels as well. Borges Center on its International Scientific Committee. ![]() This Italian writer and professor of semiotics has confessed a particular interest in many authors from James Joyce to Thomas Aquinas, over which he has penned quite a few nonfictional works and his interest in Borges is such that he serves the J. ![]()
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