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Originally Posted by Heteronym
People often describe Borges as a writer's writer; I can't conceive a graver injustice against him. Borges was first and foremost a reader's writer, an author who delighted in the 19th century maxim of writing for the pleasure of the reader; in particular, he liked writing for people who loved books.
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From that Alberto Manguel memoir I read, he seemed to think, first and foremost, Borges was a writer's reader.
Then a writer himself.