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  • Tale 1. Youth without Age and Life without Death

    He was born to fulfill one destiny: Youth without Age and Life without Death. His young life was put in the service of this wish. No trial will be too great, no effort will be spared. In this classical Romanian folk tale, nudges us to the gates of meaning and gives us a glimpse of…

  • The Night Face Up

    The Night Face Up

    The haunting story of Julio Cortazar is evoking the dismay with which consciousness defies time and logic. It is a profound and enigmatic story of human experience in which dream and reality blend seamlessly.

  • The Library of Babel

    The Library of Babel

    La Biblioteca de Babel by Jorge Luis Borges The universe (which others call the Library) is composed of an indefinite, perhaps infinite, number of hexagonal chambers, with vast ventilation shafts in their centres, encircled by low railings. From any hexagon, one can see the floors above and below: endlessly. The arrangement of the chambers is…