Peron

[porphyry]

We read in Borges' Mountebank of a wandering madman who renacts Eva Peron's funeral as a sort of carnival side-show. According to Borges this lacked little of the original, however, since:

"...Peron was not Peron, either, nor was Eva, Eva--they were unknown or anonymous persons (whose secret name and true face we shall never know) who acted out, for the credulous love of the working class, a crass and ignoble mythology."

No wonder the story attracted every hack in the world; probably none of them had ever read Borges.



Siam--I fear I am still reading in Andrew Hurely's translation for the simple reason I have it to hand; I can't imagine making the trip to the library with two childern far too young just for the sake of improving it. The only particularity I noticed was in The Aleph, where the title Georgics appeared as georgics; but then I can't comapre it to the original. Incidently, my wife wants to see more posting in your journal, and not about fencing (although I considered those posts invaluable and will refer to them for guidance whenever I find occasion to write about sword play).

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[malkhos.livejournal.com]

Oh, trust me; give Andrew Lloyd Webber enough time, and he'll exploit the crass mythology that exists about Diana and turn it into a horrid musical that will spawn, as Rowan Atkinson stated in one his comedy routines, another series of "greatest hits."