Borges At Eighty - Conversations

Informationen zum Autor Jorge Luis Borges (1890-1982), Argentine poet, critic, and short-story writer, revolutionized modern literature. He was completely blind when appointed the head of Argentina's National Library. Klappentext The words of a genius: Borges at Eighty transcends our expectations of ordinary conversation. In these interviews with Barnstone, Dick Cavett, and Alastair Reid, Borges touches on favorite writers (Whitman, Poe, Emerson) and familiar themes - labyrinths, mystic experiences, and death - and always with great, throw-away humor. For example, discussing nightmares, he concludes,"When I wake up, I wake to something worse. It's the astonishment of being myself."

Product details

• Authors: Willis Barnstone, Jorge Luis Borges, Borges Jorge Luis
• Assisted by: Willis Barnstone (Editor), Willis Barnstone (Translation)
• Publisher: New Directions
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.06.2013
• EAN: 9780811221214
• ISBN: 978-0-8112-2121-4
• No. of pages: 186
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 10 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Literaturwissenschaft: 1900 bis 2000, Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Autoren, Lateinamerikanisches Spanisch