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The Library of Babel
Original title: バベルの図書館
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1941
Borges has a short story called “The Library of Babel.” In it, he likens the universe to an infinitely expanding library. Like a honeycomb, hexagonal reading rooms are stacked far above, below, and to each side, in a library whose exit can never be found. The librarians settle there and spend their entire lives there.
The Library of Babel
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1941年
このボルヘスに「バベルの図書館」という掌編があります． この作品で彼は宇宙を無限に拡がる図書館になぞらえています． 蜂の巣のように，六角形の閲覧室が上下左右にはるかに積み重なって，決して出口の見つからない図書館です． 司書たちはそこに住み着き，そこで生涯を終えます．
La biblioteca de Babel
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