pynchon/borges

[Erik T. Burns]

foax:

The Miami Herald did a nice 20th anniv. of death piece on JL Borges this
weekend that starts & ends with a TRP riff.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/entertainment/14895289.htm

"At one point in Gravity's Rainbow, Pynchon moves the action to Buenos Aires
and makes Borges a minor character in his novel -- a nod that his sampling
El Sur is there for some reason the reader should ponder. Pynchon quotes a
Borges sonnet, this time with full attribution. It is quite beautiful in
English, the gift of this bilingual master who echoes in many languages and
many minds as a reminder that literature itself can be greater than most of
the small stuff we call life."

etb