a meeting between an older borges and a younger borges occurs in cambridge, massachusetts. in the dialogue that results, the young man refers to the novella "" by dostoevsky. while the younger man cites his romantic vision about a brotherhood of man, the older borges reveals his doubt about the existence of a single man. following incorrect information that the first provides, elder borges concludes that it is a real episode for him, but a dream for the younger. the story is originally written in spanish but was translated in english in 1977.