
Jorge Luis Borges' The Garden of Forking Paths and Funes the Memorious
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I Have a Perfect Memory
Funez fell off a horse and turned into a civilian. He said he had lived like a person in a dream. On falling from that horse he lost consciousness. When he recovered it the present was almost intolerable. It was so rich and bright. A little lighter he realized that he was crippled. This fact scarcely interested him. And now his perception and memory were infallible. That's right. The story you have to do anything with book in the newsroom. So this has certainly been argued. But people have said this character Funez who becomes Funez the memorial is the template for Saverian's claim of I have a perfect memory.
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