Gene Wolfe vs. Jorge Luis Borges

Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers

Gene Wolfe

1931 – 2019

Literature

United States

Gene Rodman Wolfe was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He was noted for his dense, allusive prose, his fascination with memory and the strong influence of his Catholic faith. He was a prolific short story writer and novelist who won many literary awards.

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"Do you know the story about the farmer who complained all his life about getting too much rain or too little, about the soil and the winds and so on? The farmer…"

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Jorge Luis Borges

1899 – 1986

Literature

Argentina

Argentine short-story writer, essayist, and poet renowned for his labyrinthine, metaphysical fictions and influential collections like Ficciones and The Aleph.

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"Being with you and not being with you is the only way I have to measure time."

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