the reader into a sense of mutual understanding. His composure directs the composition: "Let us ask", "Let us see". Perhaps, then, it is not the lecturer's pedagogical tone that we hear, but that of a father, who, with inherited wisdom, gently encourages understanding. If [Jorge Luis] Borges is the father, he is also, on the other side of the coin, the son, still grappling with questions that beguiled him in his youth, because they are essential--and so they shall remain.La moneda de hierro/The Iron Coin
from The Times Literary Supplement: Poem of the Week: La moneda de hierro/The Iron Coin
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