On Argentina

On Argentina Contents Introduction by Alfred Mac Adam A Note on the Text * Man on Pink Corner   From Inquisitions (1925) * Buenos Aires * The Mythical Founding of Buenos Aires * Ascasubi * The Criollo Element in Ipuche * The Complaint of All Criollos * Eduardo González Lanuza   From Moon Across the Way (1925)  * General Quiroga Rides to His Death in a Carriage   From The Full Extent of My Hope  (1926) * Carriego and the Meaning of the Arrabal * The Full Extent of My Hope * The Pampa and the Suburbio Are Gods * The Purple Land * Leopoldo Lugones: Romancero   From The Language of the Argentines  (1928) * Truco * Truco (poem) * Genealogy of the Tango * Situating Almafuerte * The Language of the Argentines   From Evaristo Carriego  (1930)  * Buenos Aires: Palermo * A History of the Tango   Miscellany (1931-1951) * Our Inabilities * I, a Jew * Borges's  prologue to the German edition of Enrique Amorim's La carreta * Definition of a Germanophile  * Our Poor Individualism * The Argentine Writer and Tradition * The South   Glossary Sources Excerpted from On Argentina by Jorge Luis Borges All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.