Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, and a key figure in Spanish language literature
"Note on Walt Whitman" ["Nota sobre Walt Whitman"]
Discussion (1932)
“Books are always obviously having conversations with other books, and some times they're amiable and sometimes not.”
— China Miéville, book The City & the City
Source: The City & the City
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