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clive's lives: A guide to 20th-century culture.

Jorge Luis BorgesCan a great writer be blind to the world around him?


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Clive James, the author of numerous books of criticism, autobiography, and poetry, writes for the New York Times Book Review and The New Yorker. He lives in London.
Reprinted from Cultural Amnesia by Clive James © 2007 by Clive James, with permission of the publisher, W.W. Norton & Company Inc. This material may not be reproduced, rewritten, or redistributed without the prior written permission of the publisher. Photograph of Jorge Luis Borges by Sophie Bassouls/Corbis Sygma.
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