Parini really did travel around Scotland with Borges in an old Morris Minor, his ears flapping, heart opening and mind sharpening all the way. The result is a wonderful work of autofiction – not a novel about a car but something so elusive we’re not quite sure what it is… but read this, for pure joy’s sake.
Borges and Me: An Encounter
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£14.99
Edition:Hardback978183885022705/08/2021
Categories: 10. Summer Books 2021: Travel, Fiction, Summer Books 2021
Tag: Memoirs
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