6/5/2023 0 Comments Borges aleph![]() ![]() In The Old Patagonian Express, Paul Theroux dedicates a whole chapter to his time with Borges, describing a humble but forthright character who had come to terms with his blindness and seemed to have an encyclopaedic knowledge of literature. Borges I knew of, knew his stature but little else. It is eleven years since I first got back from my travels, and delved into the world of Garcia Marquez, Jorge Amado and Mario Vargas Llosa amongst others. She had come in from the wilderness, from “the interior,” and everything seemed too small for her – the doors, the walls, the furniture.Ī giant of South American literature who has hovered over my shoulder since I first dipped into it, to the point where I wondered if I was pointedly ignoring him. Her body was as light as a deer’s her hands, strong and bony. Set in her coppery face painted with fierce colours, her eyes were that halfhearted blue that the English call Gray. ![]()
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