Conversations with Jorge Luis Borges.(Interview) From: Southerly | Date: March 22, 2002| Author: Rodriguez, Leonardo S. | COPYRIGHT 2002 English Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

THE DOOR WAS UNLOCKED

27th December 1984. Passing through my beloved Buenos Aires after seven years' absence--the military dictatorship having been democratically abolished--I wanted to revisit all that I had loved about my native city. I therefore sought a meeting with Jorge Luis Borges. I knew it would be difficult to obtain an interview with him, since he'd become something or a public figure. As no-one responded to my telephone calls, I decided to go directly to his ...

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