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The National Security Agency is like the Jorge Luis Borges fable of the infinite library in which all of the planet's knowledge and information reside, maddeningly encoded. Into the NSA's heavily guarded, three-story headquarters outside Washington every week the world's secrets flow from...
It was a typical bit of Chestertoniana. Everywhere he went, he restated the riddle of life: When is a miracle not a miracle? The answer: when it is seen for the second time. To preserve his sense of wonder, he regarded the world with the eyes of Adam. Like those...
While the American novel is still growing warts worrying about which direction to take, The Other American Novel confidently barrels on oblivious to paper shortages and critical advisories that less is more. Throughout Central and South America, writers still seem willing to tackle the long, complex novel of politics, society...
If the contemporary literary explosion in South America can't start doing this, it will probably never happen. There is probably more good literature being written in Spanish today than in any other language, and much of it is highly political. Jorge Luis Borges, the white haired patron saint, set...
Writers who choose Garcia's path will be more influential in the U.S. than others. Neruda's work can speak best to those who already share his principles; Borges's work has no political message. Garcia's method is to allow his readers to believe that they are not reading...