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  • And commemoration extends to ancestors, the city of Buenos Aires, eminent men, symbolically charged objects such as a sword "The strong man in its iron still lives on", and what Kessler calls Borges's

    Top stories from Times Online 2011

  • "Annals of Plagiary" puts a new spin on Borges's "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote."

    A Guidebook Through An Impossible Oeuvre Mark Kamine 2011

  • In "Three Recollections of Borges," for example, Mr. Bonnefoy recalls three meetings with Jorge Luis Borges, ending with a visit in Geneva just before Borges's death.

    The Pursuit of Presence Micah Mattix 2012

  • The guy had astonishing range (he was Jorge Luis Borges's favorite writer)

    Aargh? Roger Sutton 2009

  • This little book — written by Jorge Louis Borges's some-time collaborator — takes its inspiration from H.G. Wells's Island of Doctor Moreau, mixes it with the author's adoration of the silent-movie star Louise Brooks, and went on to inspire Robbe-Grillet and Resnais 'Last Year at Marienbad (and probably countless film-theorists).

    Reading Groups 2009

  • Mr. Borges's comments, made after the publication of the fund's twice-yearly report on the European economy, come amid concerns that Greece may request an additional €60 billion $85.21 billion in aid and try to restructure its current debt package.

    IMF Weighs Extending Greek Repayments Ian Talley 2011

  • As Mr. Bonnefoy left, Borges's voice echoed down the hospital hall, urging him to be mindful of "Virgil and Verlaine."

    The Pursuit of Presence Micah Mattix 2012

  • Like Mr. Borges's proposal, the oil facility wasn't enthusiastically supported by all governments.

    Plan to Recapitalize Banks Remains Thin on Details Stephen Fidler 2011

  • Like the theologian crazed by his theory of the New Testament in Borges's short story Three Versions of Judas, I was gibberingly convinced that I, and I alone, understood the real meaning of the Toy Stories; John Lasseter had spoken directly to me.

    Toy Story 3 2010

  • And, at the climax as everything is resolved, one is reminded of the paradoxical truth of Borges's remark that "the fundamental flavour of Wilde's work is happiness".

    An Ideal Husband - review Michael Billington 2010

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