House Of Asterion Sparknotes

The House of Asterion is apparently narrated by Asterion himself because readers are presented with a story given in the first person, but there are particular parts of the story that raise the question of who is editing Asterion’s story, and what the editions to the story could possibly mean to the overall narration. The first footnote readers are given discusses the fact that Asterion apparently uses the word fourteen instead of infinite. As our particular version is an English translation from the original Spanish, this line can be vaguely confusing. Readers could assume “the original” refers to the pre-translated script. This note is simply from a helpful translator/editor to let the readers know that some addition has been made. This is only half true. An editor did make a note, but this note was apparently added to the original of the original: the manuscript. Borges probably added this note himself and is acting as the editor of Asterion’s story through the writing of this piece because whoever made the note obviously did so while editing Asterion’s original words. This added note can be helpful but also adds an interference to the readers view of the text. Instead of trying to at first defer what Asterion could mean by
Later in the text, readers are meet with the line, “There is no one pool, courtyard, drinking trough, manger; the mangers, drinking troughs, courtyards pools are fourteen (infinite) in number.” Did Asterion decide to add the infinite? Or is this an unmarked editor note? If Asterion added this, then this would explain why the narrator believes that Asterion sees fourteen as being infinite, but if Asterion believe that fourteen is infinite, why not use the word infinite instead of adding the note? If this is an editor note, then readers have to proceed with caution because the editor decided adding notes without marking the notes is now