Ireneo was the son of a village ironing woman, maria clementina funes, and that while some people said his father was a doctor in the salting house an englishman named o connor, others said he broke horses or drove oxcarts for a living over in the department of salto. Recordoo, o rosto taciturno e inditico e singularmente distante, por trs do cigarro. English translations of jorge luis borges funes the. It is at this point that the saga of funes the memorious begins. I remember him i have no right to utter this sacred verb, only one man on earth had that right and he is dead with a dark pas. Complete summary of jorge luis borges funes, the memorious. I remember him i have no right to utter this sacred verb, only one man on earth had that right and he is dead. I recall him though i have no right to speak that sacred verb only one man on earth did, and that man is dead holding a dark passionflower. The first english translation appeared in 1954 in avon modern writing no. Pdf the present study aims to check the gravitation of classic culture in funes the memorioso.
English translations of funes the memorious by borges. Ireneo was the son of a village ironing woman, maria clementina funes, and that while some people said his father was a doctor in the salting house an englishman named oconnor, others said he broke horses or drove oxcarts for a living over in the department of salto. I remember him i have no right to utter this sacred verb, only one. Funes il memorioso di jorge luis borges, di stefano. 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. Funes il memorioso di jorge luis borges, di stefano tedeschi.
Irby is the first that i read, and it remains my favourite. Clementina funes, and that some people said his father was a doctor at the meat packers, an englishman by the name of o connor, and others that he was a horse tamer or scout from the saito district he lived with his mother, around the corner from the laure1es house. Jul 10, 2014 funes either could not or would not understand me. O funes is so lost due to his ability to remember each and every detail. It possesses a rhythm and a humour which, in my opinion, other english translations of the story do not match. Descargar cuentos completos jorge luis borges en pdf. Apr 02, 2020 funes memorioso borges pdf jorge luis borges. The issue included new fiction, poetry and essays by writers including elizabeth hardwick, hermann hesse, mary. I recall him though i have no right to speak that sacred verbonly one man on earth did, and that man is dead holding a dark passionflower. Clementina funes, and that some people said his father was a doctor at the meat packers, an englishman by the name of oconnor, and others that he was a horse tamer or scout from the saito district he lived with his mother, around the corner from the laure1es house.