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References
- ↑ Lindstrom, Naomi (1990). Jorge Luis Borges: A Study of the Short Fiction . G.K. Hall & Co. pp. 31–32, 64–65. ISBN 0-8057-8327-X.
- ↑ Saramago, J, 1992, The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis, translated from Portuguese by G. Ponteiro, Harvill, London (Originally published 1984).
- ↑ "Entrevista a Mr. Herbert Quain (Manuel Bogalheiro), Músico Português" [Interview with Mr. Herbert Quain (Manuel Bogalheiro), Portuguese musician] (in Portuguese). 12 March 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2016.