Download or read book Borges and the eternal orang-utans written by Luís Fernando Veríssimo and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2004 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this hilarious spoof on academic conferences, Luis Fernando Verissimo tells the story of Vogelstein, a bibliophile who attends a conference in Buenos Aires on Edgar Allen Poe. Mixing the Elizabethan John Dee's 'Eternal Orang-Utan' with Kabbala, the author introduces murder into Vogelstein's humdrum life.