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He tells me the plot of his new story [“The Other”]. Admirable, with the sole flaw of being ‘The Other Borges’ or ‘Borges and I’ once again [English and italics in original]” [“Come en casa Borges. Me cuenta su cuento [“El otro”]: admirable, con el defecto de ser ‘El otro Borges’ o ‘Borges y yo’ once again” (1430)]. For the historical and literary resonances of this calculated shyness, see Alan Pauls’s brilliant analysis of what he aptly calls Borges’s “politics of modesty” [“política del pudor”] (47–56).

May that clear, mysterious fire burn Without ceasing, in my breast and yours. (SP 237) [Nadie es la patria. Ni siquiera el jinete Que, alto en el alba de una plaza desierta, Rige un corcel de bronce por el tiempo, Ni los otros que miran desde el mármol, Ni los que prodigaron su bélica ceniza Por los campos de América O dejaron un verso o una hazaña O la memoria de una vida cabal En el justo ejercicio de los días. Nadie es la patria. Ni siquiera los símbolos. Nadie es la patria. Ni siquiera el tiempo Cargado de batallas, de espadas y de éxodos Y de la lenta población de regiones Que lindan con la aurora y el ocaso, Y de rostros que van envejeciendo En los espejos que se empañan Y de sufridas agonías anónimas Que duran hasta el alba Y de la telaraña de la lluvia Sobre negros jardines.

To speak about social art is like speaking about vegetarian geometry or liberal artillery or hendecasyllabic pastry making” [“Es una insípida y notoria verdad que el arte no debe estar al servicio de la política. Hablar de arte social es como hablar de geometría vegetariana o de artillería liberal o de repostería endecasílaba” (TR II: 343)]. He considered this statement to be true enough to reproduce it verbatim in 1964 in another magazine, La Rosa Blindada. Even though this passage targets different opponents in each context,3 the main point is the same—literature constitutes an autonomous sphere that must not be subordinated (“estar al servicio”) to anything beyond itself.

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