Borges Center at the University of Pittsburgh Borges Center at the University of Pittsburgh

Hispanic Languages and Literature

Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana

Quebracho

Index: Funes el memorioso, Artificios, Ficciones, OC,Obras completas. Buenos Aires: Emecé, 1974. 488.
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town in Uruguay, site of battle in 1886 in uprising against the government of general Santos

Fishburn and Hughes: "The Quebracho uprisings in Uruguay lasted from 26 to 31 March 1886, when young rebels from Montevideo tried to prevent the re-election of a military government. Though they were defeated, their cause became politically important." (162)