Though Borges was not interested in  writing long books, he was an avid reader, recruiting friends to read to him  after he went blind in middle age.
보르헤스는 장편을 쓰는 데는  흥미가 없었지만 중년에 이르러 실명한 후에도 자신에게 책을 읽어줄 친구들을  모집할 정도로 독서광이었습니다.