Herbert Quain
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also known as Quain
AuthorAn aging, failed author who publishes the complex work 'Statements', arguing cynically that readers are an extinct species and everyone is a potential writer.
In The Circular Ruins (Jorge Luis Borges, 1944)
Possibly the same character
Same author, same name, in other works — cross-work identity is not asserted here, only suggested. Nartopo tracks character identity per work; these are separate pages that may or may not depict the same character.
- Herbert Quain in An Examination of the Work of Herbert Quain (1944)
- Herbert Quain in The Form of the Sword (1944)
- Herbert Quain in Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius (1944)