I am intrigued by the tale of Mia Hansson, who has since 2016 occupied herself with creating a life-size replica of the Bayeux Tapestry, but can’t help but think of Borges’s Pierre Menard, who became the author of Don Quixote by writing it out. (And I wonder what sort of journalist could cover this story without once asking: “Why?”)
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Did Pierre "write out" DQ, or did he so immerse himself in the life of Cervantes that he could compose independently several chapters of a novel, the words of which coincided exactly with those in DQ? Hmmm... Must re-read DQ one day (OK more than the first 20 pages anyway), maybe think of it being written in the style of Menard.
p.s. re: previous comment, I know you know all this, but I had to go back and reread how Borges described it, thought I refresh your other readers' memories as well.
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