The Library of Babel
What is the meaning of the title ''The library of Babel''?
Question from short story The library of Babel written by Borges
Question from short story The library of Babel written by Borges
The title is a Biblical reference to a story in the book of Genesis: the origin of different languages. The people build an enormous tower in the city of Babel to reach heaven. God, observing their city and tower, disrupts their speech so that they can no longer understand each other, and scatters them around the world.