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title = "The Library of Babel"
author = "Jorge Luis Borges"
translator = "James E. Irby"
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# Babel

The universe (which others call the Library) is composed of an indefinite and
perhaps infinite number of hexagonal galleries, with vast air shafts between,
surrounded by very low railings. From any of the hexagons one can see,
interminably, the upper and lower floors.