One Fate, Several Ways to Meet It: Essay about the Book "Ficciones", By Jorge Borges

Imagine, you turn left and left and left, and then go straight because you certainly don't want to go right. If you do, you'll surely get lost. You heard them say that if you continue to your left, you will find the middle. The middle just has to be right around the corner. It isn't. Is it possible that the first lefts you took were wrong? Hours later you emerge from the labyrinth wall. Are you on the other side or are you in the middle? Why can't you tell the difference? You're tired and don't want to turn back around. …