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You do. He does not have to explain the ending like in "The inmortal" Sorry, I was thinking of a different explanation. Borges used to be called "Georgie" by his family (his mothe…
22 Jun 1998, 11:56
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Michael Straight escribió: Well, the main character does not know what's really going on... till the end. I think "The theologians" is a much more interesting story regarding the…
19 Jun 1998, 21:26
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Sorry for the delay. Alice Turner escribió: Ok, Here it goes: At one point of TOOT Ulan tells about becoming blind and adds: "He who had given all books into my keeping made me …
18 Jun 1998, 20:37
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I do not have my copy of Torturer (I have the sort of quotes underlined in my copy) right here. In a couple of days I'll have it again (over the weekend) Pedro Jorge…
30 Apr 1998, 05:51
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Emir Rodriguez Monegal? Borges a Literary Biography? Best Pedro Jorge…
17 Apr 1998, 06:25
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There should be an edition co-translated by Borges and Norman Thomas Di'Giovanni (I am not sure of this name). That was considered the canonical English language edition. That one…
17 Apr 1998, 06:24
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Well, I am a translator too, and I can realize that perfectly well (when you make a mistake it is there, printed in a book, for everybody to see). Best Pedro Jorge…
17 Apr 1998, 06:19
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I have read TBOIB in Spanish but the Spanish translator of TBOTNS, that I read in English and then checked in Spanish, obviously didn't because he got a few things wrong. Best Pe…
16 Apr 1998, 23:11
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Well, it could be because Jeannine is a woman and she assumes #5's sibling must be a girl too. She does not seem aware of David, so she could be just guessing. After all this is a …
07 Apr 1998, 19:28
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I have the same problem. I can not count him twice. Here is my theory. The original GW is the baby with the girl in the picture Jeannine shows #5. After all, she says she is the h…
06 Apr 1998, 15:35
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Aunt Jeannine is counting members of the family (that's why she says "Living" after that). She does not seem to be aware of what is going on. Actually I think that the number refer…
04 Apr 1998, 22:10
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First time in here. Just to say that my idea was always that the brother was not a clone but rather a control in the experiment. But, who is Number 1? Great list. Always fun to re…
02 Apr 1998, 18:54
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Well, Master Ultan even sort of quotes Borges. Pedro Jorge…
02 Jan 1998, 21:13
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