For scholars, students, and bibliophiles alike, finding a definitive version is often the first step into a lifelong obsession with the Argentine master. The Plot: A Journey Beyond Time
"The Immortal" begins with a manuscript found in a copy of Pope’s translation of the Iliad . The document tells the story of Marcus Flaminius Rufus, a Roman military tribune who wanders into a desert in search of a fabled "City of the Immortals."
Whether you are reading it for a university seminar or personal enlightenment, this story is a threshold. Once you pass through the City of the Immortals, your view of literature—and time itself—will be forever altered.
"The Immortal" remains a cornerstone of and philosophical fiction . It challenges the reader to imagine a world where "nothing can happen only once"—a terrifying prospect that makes our fleeting, mortal lives seem infinitely more beautiful.
the heavy mythological and historical allusions.
The City of the Immortals is a physical manifestation of chaos. Borges suggests that for an immortal mind, architecture doesn't need to be functional; it becomes a pure, senseless expression of infinite possibility.
