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[email fragment] I've been reading lots of Latin American stuff recently, much of it in Spanish, which has been fun. I'm currently reading some short stories by Jorge Luis Borges, of which one can subtract 40-60 percent of standard comprehension due to my stumbling language skills, and another 30-50 percent due to Borges' own philosophical loops and labyrinths, meaning that my actual understanding ranges from 30 percent to minus 10 percent -- the latter being a number that doubtless would have especially pleased the author.