A biography of Borges, by his translator. Jorge Luis Borges, known as Georgie to his friends, married Elsa Astete Mill n in 1967. Borges was sixty-eight years old at the time of the wedding; Elsa, a widow, with a son in his twenties, was eleven years younger. It proved to be a tempestuous and eventful marriage that would leave an indelible mark on the remainder of Borges' life, but their relationship has been largely glossed over by...