Borges and Me

Jay Parini finds himself stuck in a Morris Minor, chauffeuring the brilliant, blind Jorge Luis Borges through Scotland. Quiet and conservative, 23-year-old student Parini dreams of becoming a writer but is at a loss to make sense of the wild, irrepressible 70-year-old Borges. As the journey takes a surreal turn, their differences magnify until, in the tradition of a classic road trip, the two ultimately find common ground.

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Fionn Whitehead
Jay Parini
Luis Gnecco
Jorge Luis Borges
Alan Cumming
Peter Mullan
Harriet Sansom Harris

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