The Immortal topic

"The Immortal" is the title of a short story by noted Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges. He published it in the collection El Aleph, 1949. The story tells about a character who mistakenly achieves immortality and then, weary of a long life, struggles to lose it and writes an account of his experiences. The story consists of a quote, an introduction, five chapters, and a post script. Borges begins by quoting Francis Bacon's Essays, LVIII. "Salomon saith, There is no new thing upon the earth. So... full article at wikipedia