I am not sure that I exist, actually. I am all the writers that I have read, all the people that I have met, all the women that I have loved; all the cities that I have visited, all the ancestors that I have had.
— Jorge Luis Borges Modern

Short fiction, magical realism

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Interview with Ronald Christ

Date / Period

1967

Category

Humorous

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https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/3990/the-art-of-fiction-no-39-jorge-lu…

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