Theroux

Paul Theroux The Brass Plaque Said 'Borges' La placa de bronce decía «Borges» Despite its eerie name, the Buenos Aires Subterranean is an efficient five-line network of subway trains. The same size as Boston's subway, it was built five years later, in 1913 (making it older than Chicago's or Moscow's), and, as in Boston, it quickly put the tram cars out of business. The apartment of Jorge Luis Borges was on Maipu, around the corner from Plaza General San Martin Station, on the Retiro-Constitución line. I had been eager to take the Subterranean ever since I heard of its existence; and I had greatly wished to talk to Borges. He was to [...]