Comments on: Borges, racist bastard http://www.orbis-quintus.net/?p=2543 abstractor of quintessence Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:42:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: badger http://www.orbis-quintus.net/?p=2543&cpage=1#comment-220711 badger Sat, 07 Apr 2007 12:01:19 +0000 http://orbis-quintus.net/blog/?p=2543#comment-220711 I’ll get to that Williamson biography one day, but i’m more interested in that list of Argentine writers that you posted. Still, i read only in English now, so it’s tantalizing to know just how much is just out of reach.

Thanks for commenting.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.orbis-quintus.net/?p=2543&cpage=1#comment-220587 Jeff Thu, 05 Apr 2007 23:17:02 +0000 http://orbis-quintus.net/blog/?p=2543#comment-220587 I’ve just stumbled across your blog. It’s very interesting.

I also do love the writings of Borges but I always get the feeling that as a person he had some deep flaws, particularly a snobbish attitude. Of course, his possibly racist attitudes may partly be a reflection of the general attitudes of people in Buenos Aires (where I live) and where racism seems to be highly tolerated even today. I highly recommend the Williamson biography. I’ve not yet found the time to wade through the thousand pages or so of Bioy writings about Borges but it should be fascinating.

]]> By: dweller http://www.orbis-quintus.net/?p=2543&cpage=1#comment-209544 dweller Thu, 01 Feb 2007 12:54:00 +0000 http://orbis-quintus.net/blog/?p=2543#comment-209544 a couple of my favourite authors had reprehensible racist sentiments – I don’t know what this says about the kind of
books I’m drawn towards – a bit disturbing really

Knut Hamsun and L F Celine

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