An episode of septicemia, with its hells and paradises, its nightmares and hallucinations, transforms Borges into a story writer.
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The Avici hell is the lowest and most terrible level of the eight hot hells of Buddhism, where those who’ve committed serious crimes (like parricide) must face constant suffering.
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