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The construction of fantastic spaces: Tlön, Les cités obscures and the cognitive power of fiction (2010)
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Riberi, A. (2010). The construction of fantastic spaces: Tlön, Les cités obscures and the cognitive power of fiction. Lejana, 1(February),

In this paper I will establish similarities between Jorge Luis Borges'"Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis, Tertius" ("Tlön") and the graphic novels Les Cités Obscures byFrançois Schuiten and Benoît Peeters. "Tlön" is largely grounded in the ‘as if'principle: ‘If ide... Read More about The construction of fantastic spaces: Tlön, Les cités obscures and the cognitive power of fiction.