A literary guide to Argentina by its most famous writer
Jorge Luis Borges wrote about Argentina as only someone passionate about his homeland can. On Argentina reveals the many facets of his passion in essays, poems, and stories through which he sought to bring Argentina forward on the world stage, and to do for Buenos Aires what James Joyce did for Dublin. In colorful pieces on the tango and the gaucho, on the card game truco, and on the criollos (immigrants from Spain) and compadritos (street-corner thugs), we gain insight not only into...
A literary guide to Argentina by its most famous writer
Jorge Luis Borges wrote about Argentina as only someone passionate about his...
A master class in the art of writing by one of its most distinguished and innovative practitioners
Delve into the labyrinth of Jorge Luis Borges's thoughts on the theory and practice of literature, and learn from one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century not only what a writer does but also what a writer is. For the first time ever, here is a volume that brings together Borges's wide-ranging reflections on writers, on the canon, on the craft of fiction and poetry, and on translation--an ars poetica of one of the twentieth century's greatest writers....
A master class in the art of writing by one of its most distinguished and innovative practitioners
Jorge Luis Borges Suzanne Jill Levine Maria Kodama
An unprecedented collection of the visionary Argentine writer's meditations on the mystical realm Jorge Luis Borges immersed himself and his readers in metaphysical fantasies--playing reason against faith, belief against logic. His profound knowledge of eastern religions was an endless source of inspiration for his writing. On Mysticism--edited by Borges's widow, Maria Kodama--brings together a stunning group of prose pieces and poems that speak to this signature theme of his writing, from some of his most celebrated works to others that appear here in English for the...
An unprecedented collection of the visionary Argentine writer's meditations on the mystical realm Jorge Luis Borges immersed himself an...
La obra poetica completa del maestro argentino en un solo volumen Ademas de extraordinario narrador y ensayista, Jorge Luis Borges fue un excelente poeta. De hecho, puede decirse que la poesia es el alma de su obra. Indisociable de sus cuentos y ensayos, estos poemas son parte indispensable del universo borgiano y constituyen una indagacion paralela a los asuntos que siempre le apasionaron: los libros, la memoria, los laberintos, los espejos, el amor o la eternidad. De los poemas que integran esta fantastica coleccion cabe destacar El mar, Arte poetica, El laberinto, Limites y su...
La obra poetica completa del maestro argentino en un solo volumen Ademas de extraordinario narrador y ensayista, Jorge Luis Borges fue un ...
"A veces creo que los buenos lectores son cisnes aun mas tenebrosos y singulares que los buenos autores." --Jorge Luis Borges En su primer libro de ficcion, Borges trabaja con biografias de ladrones y rufianes verdaderos; personajes traidores y a veces tambien heroicos. Aqui estan, entre otros, Lazarus Morell, redentor de esclavos; el impostor Tom Castro, hijo perdido y encontrado; y la viuda y pirata Ching, habil en el saqueo de altamar. A estos le siguen "Hombre de la esquina rosada," uno de sus relatos mas celebrados; y "Etcetera," un testimonio de sus incontables...
"A veces creo que los buenos lectores son cisnes aun mas tenebrosos y singulares que los buenos autores." --Jorge Luis Borges En su ...
Uno de los artistas contemporaneos mas memorables La deuda que tenemos contraida con el quienes escribimos en espanol es enorme . Mario Vargas Llosa Considerado uno de los escritores mas influyentes del siglo XX en cualquier idioma, la obra de Jorge Luis Borges continua inspirando a nuevas generaciones de lectores gracias al deslumbrante poder de sus imagenes y la inmensa profundidad de sus temas. Originalmente publicada en 1949, esta coleccion reune dieciocho relatos entre los que se encuentra algunos de los mas admirados cuentos de la literatura: El Aleph, la clasica...
Uno de los artistas contemporaneos mas memorables La deuda que tenemos contraida con el quienes escribimos en espanol es enorme . Mario Vargas Llo...
In 1971, Jorge Luis Borges was invited to preside over a series of seminars on his writing at Columbia University. This book is a record of those seminars, which took the form of informal discussions between Borges, Norman Thomas di Giovanni--his editor and translator, Frank MacShane--then head of the writing program at Columbia, and the students. Borges's prose, poetry, and translations are handled separately and the book is divided accordingly.
The prose seminar is based on a line-by-line discussion of one of Borges's most distinctive...
Borges On Writing
In 1971, Jorge Luis Borges was invited to preside over a series of seminars on his writing at Columbia Uni...
Recorded during Jorge Luis Borges s final years, this second volume of his conversations with Osvaldo Ferrari provides a wide-ranging reflection on the life and work of Argentina s master writer and favorite conversationalist. In "Conversations: Volume 2," Borges and Ferrari engage in a dialogue that is both improvisational and frequently humorous as they touch on subjects as diverse as epic poetry, detective fiction, Buddhism, and the moon landing."" With his signature wit, Borges offers insight into the philosophical basis of his stories and poems, his fascination with religious mysticism,...
Recorded during Jorge Luis Borges s final years, this second volume of his conversations with Osvaldo Ferrari provides a wide-ranging reflection on th...
Buddhism, love, Henry James, and the tango are just a few of the topics Jorge Luis Borges, Argentina's master writer, and extraordinary conversationalist, discusses in the first volume of the remarkable new series, Conversations. The eighty-four-year-old blind man's wit is unending and results in lively and insightful discussions that configure a loose autobiography of a subtle, teasing mind. Borges's favorite concepts, such as time and dreaming, are touched upon, but these dialogues are not a true memoir, they are unrestricted conversations about life at present. The Argentine...
Buddhism, love, Henry James, and the tango are just a few of the topics Jorge Luis Borges, Argentina's master writer, and extraordinary conversational...
