Emily Skahill

another reason why i hate Borges' writing so much. he explains too much, for example, in Death and the  Compass where he discusses Hotel du Nord, explains what it is, then he talks about how a man from a congress arrived there and discusses everything about this man then discusses everything the man does. who cares? all Borges needed to do was say, "on december a many named Dr. Msrcelo Yarmolinsky from the third talmudic congress of podolsk arrived at the hotel du nord". it would be so much easier to understand! i don't need to know what color his eyes are. it's too much information! i really think most of Borges' writings could be condensed to 3 pages or less.