在与阿根廷作家索伦蒂诺的谈话录《博尔赫斯七席谈》中,博尔赫斯说:“《第三者》是我撰写的最好的短篇小说,故事就发生在图尔德拉,发生在阿德罗格或洛马斯的郊区;时间大概在上世纪末或本世纪初。”a翻译家林一安在《博尔赫斯全集》总序中这样评论《第三者》“:情节、人物、场景都极为简单,不设圈套也不布迷宫,然而读后令人为之一震。”b《第三者》相对于博尔赫斯 Borges said in a conversation with Argentine writer Sorrentino that Borges said: “” The third party “is the best short story I wrote, and the story takes place in the figure Aldera, on the outskirts of Adrograd or Lomas; about the end of the last century or the beginning of this century. ”“ Translator Lin Yian-an ”In the commentary to the general order of Borges’ The three “”: the plot, characters, scenes are very simple, without a trap or cloth maze, but after reading it was shocking. “” Third party "relative to Borges