Borges and Dodgson

Dan Parmenter28 Apr 1998, 17:18original

Just for the record, Borges didn't just work "at some library in Argentina" as one writer suggested. He worked at a city library from 1937 to 1946, when the Peron regime made him a chicken inspector (no lie!). Post-Peron, he was made Director of the National Library in Buenos Aires. So the fit with Master Ultan seems a good one and one that almost anyone with the slightest familiarity with Borges' life would recognize immediately. Just out of curiosity, has Wolfe admitted to the Father Inire as Lewis carroll thing? I can certianly see it, though it seems more vague than the Ultan case. D

Pedro Jorge Romero02 Jan 1998, 21:13original

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So the fit with Master Ultan seems a good one and one that almost anyone with the slightest familiarity with Borges' life would recognize immediately.

Well, Master Ultan even sort of quotes Borges. Pedro Jorge

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