The Library of Babel (short story)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Library_of_Babel_(short_story)
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gptkbp:instanceOf short story
gptkbp:author gptkb:Jorge_Luis_Borges
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Argentina
gptkbp:genre philosophical fiction
speculative fiction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Library of Babel (short story)
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:information_theory
mathematics of combinatorics
gptkbp:notableAdaptation gptkb:The_Library_of_Babel_(film)
gptkbp:notableQuote The universe (which others call the Library) is composed of an indefinite, perhaps infinite number of hexagonal galleries.
gptkbp:originalLanguage gptkb:Spanish
gptkbp:originalTitle gptkb:La_biblioteca_de_Babel
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Ficciones
gptkbp:publicationYear 1941
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Ficciones
gptkbp:setting infinite library
gptkbp:theme knowledge
meaning
infinity
order and chaos
gptkbp:translatedInto English translation by James E. Irby
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Library_of_Babel_(animated_short,_2023)
gptkb:The_Library_of_Babel_(short_film,_2007)
gptkb:The_Library_of_Babel_(website,_2015)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7