Ireneo began by enumerating, in both latin and spanish, the cases of prodigious memory cataloged in the naturalis historia. Funes the memorious is the tale of one ireneo funes, who. Pensar es olvidar diferencias, es generalizar, abstraer. I remember him i have no right to utter this sacred verb, only one man on earth had that right and he is dead. The first english translation appeared in 1954 in avon modern writing no. Borgess cousin asks the boy for the time, and funes replies instantly, without the aid of a watch and accurate to the minute. Funes, the memorious elyce rae helford in funes, the memorious, borges embarks upon an examination of the nature of communication. Ireneo funes, the object of this fictional testimonial, is thrown from a horse to find himself physically crippled, yet. In 1944, the great argentinean writer jorge luis borges 18991986 published funes the memorious.
He told me that the boy in the narrow street was one ireneo funes, and that he was known for certain eccentricities, among them shying away from people and always knowing what time it was, ilke a clock. In funes, the memorious, the argentinean writer jorge luis borges told us the story of ireneo funes, a young uruguayan who suffered a head injury after being thrown by a horse. Ireneo funes, the object of this fictional testimonial, is. Without looking up, without stopping, ireneo re plied. When the narrator visits funes to recover some latin texts the crippled and housebound funes had requested, he enters to hear the autodidact funes reciting from memory the section of plinys natural history relating to memory. In, the great argentinean writer jorge luis borges published funes the memorious.
Patricia novillocorvalan in kafka y sus precursores borges. Funes the memorious is the tale of one ireneo funes, who, after falling off his horse and. In a foreword to the publication of ficciones in 1944, jorge luis borges remarked of funes, the memorious only that it was a long metaphor for insomnia. The damage caused to his brain resulted in his perception of his surroundings being greatly enhanced. It is at this point that the saga of funes the memorious begins.
Funes the memorious and other cases of extraordinary memory. Funes the memorious tells the story of a fictional version of borges himself as he meets ireneo funes, a teenage boy who lives in fray bentos, uruguay, in 1884. Funes the memorious tells the vicissitudes of ireneo funes. Cyrus, the king of persia, who could call all the soldiers in his armies by name. I due cavallerizzi chiedono a ireneo lora e ricevono una risposta di sfuggita, ma esatta. Ireneo began by enumerating, in latin and in spanish, the cases of prodigious memory recorded in the.
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