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Paperback Jorge Luis Borges: Conversations Book

ISBN: 1578060761

ISBN13: 9781578060764

Jorge Luis Borges: Conversations

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Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986), one of the indisputably great writers of the twentieth century, was born in Buenos Aires. Never having been awarded the Nobel Prize, which his readers worldwide believed he deserved, this story writer, poet, essayist, and man of letters died at age eighty-six.

This anthology of interviews with him features more than a dozen conversations that cover all phases of his life and work.

Conducted between 1964...

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An added work to the canon

Burgin's conversations with Borges are like all of the works which Borges involved in an added addition to his canon. Borges breaks down distinctions between forms, and also loves collaborations. He too tends to see the work of individual creators as belonging not to the creator themselves but to the Tradition. Thus any work of collaboration such as these interviews are for him a further elaboration of his own Literature. Burgin is knowledgeable and respectful, and his conversations bring new information and understanding of the master and his work.
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