
Hisham Matar Reads Jorge Luis Borges
The New Yorker: Fiction
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The Importance of Memory
Hermann Zurgel wanted to write a biography of Shakespeare. He found that he did not have the talent for writing it required. Instead, he decided to take on the role of actor and play him in his own work. The result was an epic novel called Macbeth which has sold more than 100 million copies worldwide.
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