Hear “The Gospel According to Mark” by Jorge Luis Borges, Read by Paul Theroux

“Jorge Luis Borges 1951, by Grete Stern” via Wiki­me­dia Com­mons.

Below hear Paul Ther­oux join the New York­er’s Deb­o­rah Treis­man to read and dis­cuss “The Gospel Accord­ing to Mark” by Jorge Luis Borges. The sto­ry comes from a 1971 issue of the mag­a­zine. This read­ing will be added to our col­lec­tion, 1,000 Free Audio Books: Down­load Great Books for Free.

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