Laith
This is an extension to the Library of Babel short story by Borges. Where Borges sketches out the concept this is a story told from the perspective of someone living in his imagined hell. It's a mundane, ruthlessly boring hell, one where you could spend lightyears just falling down to the very first floor, your eventual exit a guaranteed inevitability. The torment is mathematical, hope is made infinite and therefore unusable- suffering born not from ignorance but from the unbearable proximity of an inaccessible truth. Hope survives, but only as torment.
It's a short read that adds a little levity, drama, and needed characterization to Borges' sketch. It's a creative twist on a fantastic concept, and it sticks with you just like its inspiration.
This is an extension to the Library of Babel short story by Borges. Where Borges sketches out the concept this is a story told from the perspective of someone living in his imagined hell. It's a mundane, ruthlessly boring hell, one where you could spend lightyears just falling down to the very first floor, your eventual exit a guaranteed inevitability. The torment is mathematical, hope is made infinite and therefore unusable- suffering born not from ignorance but from the unbearable proximity of an inaccessible truth. Hope survives, but only as torment.
It's a short read that adds a little levity, drama, and needed characterization to Borges' sketch. It's a creative twist on a fantastic concept, and it sticks with you just like its inspiration.