Anna Aslanyan

Borges: the man and the brand

This ‘novelistic memoir’ about the great Argentinian man of letters has already incited the ire of his widow. But does this matter when, according to Borges, ‘anything that passes through memory becomes fiction’ anyway?

Jorge Luis Borges in 1977. Credit: Sophie Bassouls/Sygma/Getty Images 
issue 14 August 2021

  • Borges and Me: An Encounter

    Jay Parini

    Canongate, pp. 320, £14

GIF Image

Disagree with half of it, enjoy reading all of it

TRY 3 MONTHS FOR $5
Our magazine articles are for subscribers only. Start your 3-month trial today for just $5 and subscribe to more than one view

Read next

Trending

Michael Simmons

Labour’s benefits cuts aren’t working

Britain’s welfare crisis may have slipped from the front pages following Liz Kendall’s £4.8 billion worth of cuts announced ahead of the Spring Statement, but the problems haven’t gone away. Figures quietly released by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) this week show that, despite Labour’s planned ‘reforms’ to the benefits system, nearly a

More on george mackay brown

Also by Anna Aslanyan

Latest

Comments

Join the debate for just £1 a month

Be part of the conversation with other Spectator readers by getting your first three months for £3.

Already a subscriber? Log in