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Article: Jorge Luis Borges' labyrinthine career.(Books)(On Books)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- July 13, 1997
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The 1930s were not a happy time for Jorge Luis Borges, and 1934 was an especially discouraging year. The Argentine writer's work was little known outside of Buenos Aires, his inept attempts to attract the love of women were failing (though like Stendhal he was always in love), and he was increasingly hard up for money.
His beloved English grandmother, Fanny Haslam, had died; his father, Jorge, had a bad heart and was blind from the hereditary complaint that would later get "Georgie," as he was called in the close-knit family. Around the time of his 35th birthday in August, Borges is thought to have been contemplating suicide, but he also wrote a story that ...