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From: karl@dartvax.UUCP (Karl Berry)
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Subject: Borges:  reviewer or author?
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Date: Fri, 2-Mar-84 21:34:47 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar  2 21:34:47 1984
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I recently picked up a copy of The Aleph and Other Stories, mostly at the
urging of Harlan Ellison's introduction to Totenbuch, and the third story
is The Approach to al-Matrasiz. Oops, that's not quite the right title,
but I forgot to write it down. Anyway, it's ostensibly a book review of
the book A Man called al-Matrasiz. ( May as well be consistently wrong. )
Ostensibly. Does anyone know whether or not this book actually existed, if
Borges is truly doing a book review, or is he making it up? I suspect the
latter, but it's done very well. ( Well enough so as to leave doubt in my
mind... )
   
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