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SOURCE: "Borges: His Recent Poetry," in Chasqui, Vol. IV, No. 1, November, 1974, pp. 19-33.
In the following interview, Lewald and Borges discuss several common themes in Borges 's poetry.
[H. Ernest Lewald]: In this interview I would like to ask a few questions about certain themes that I feel recur in your poetry …
[J. L. Borges]: Go ahead.
I shall name just a few and then I'll just ask about seven specific questions.
Seven is the magic number, no?
Maybe.
Yes, there are seven planets, seven days of the week …
Right.
Seven wonders of the world …
And I think according to Aristotle man becomes mature at 49, but it's just a game.
It's a game; the same with us. People say that Adam was born at the age of 33 in order to identify him with the second Adam, no? Christ. They also draw a parallel between the Cross and the...
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