★A collection of fantasy novels by Latin American literary master Borges
★An unexpected and whimsical work that breaks the rules
★The Chinese version is launched for the first time in China. The translation is faithful and smooth, capturing the essence of the original text
[About the author] Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) Argentine poet, novelist, critic, translator, and master of Spanish literature.
Born in Buenos Aires on August 24, 1899, he lived in Europe with his family when he was a boy.
In 1923, he published his first collection of poems, "The Passion of Buenos Aires", in 1925, his first collection of essays, "Collection of Explorations", and in 1935, his first collection of short stories, "Biographies of Villains", gradually establishing his position in the Argentine literary world. His representative poetry collections "Notes of Saint Martin" and "The Goldenness of the Tiger", novel collections "The Garden of Forking Paths" and "Aleph", essay collections "Eternal History" and "Discussions" have won him international reputation. Translated works by Wilde, Woolf, Faulkner and other writers.
He once served as Director of the National Library of Argentina and Professor of Literature at the University of Buenos Aires. He has won many literary awards such as the Argentine National Literary Award, the Formento International Publishing Award, the Jerusalem Award, the Barzan Award, the Chino del Duca Award, and the Cervantes Award.
He died of illness in Geneva, Switzerland on June 14, 1986.
Adolfo Bioy Casares (1914-1999) was an Argentine journalist, novelist, and translator.
In 1940, he published the novel "The Invention of Morel" and won the first Buenos Aires Municipal Literary Award. Later, he successively won the Cervantes Award, the Honorary Award of the Argentine Writers Association, and the French Legion of Honor.
In 1932, he met Jorge Luis Borges. The two formed a deep friendship and collaborated on many works, including a series of short stories, screenplays and fantasy stories written under the pseudonyms of Honorio Bustos Domec and Benito Suárez Lynch.
[Introduction] This book is a fantasy novel co-written by Argentinian writers Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares under the pseudonym Honorio Bustos Domec.
"Two Memorable Visions" contains two stories: "Witness" and "Omen", which respectively tell the story of a girl's strange sight in the basement and a "foodie"'s beautiful imagination of seeing the sky full of delicious food before he died. These two stories break through the boundaries of reality and enter the realm of imagination, making people feel like they have entered a fantasy world like "Alice in Wonderland".
Reader comments
The characters have distinct personalities, such as the girl who sees a strange sight. Her courage and curiosity are impressive. The descriptions in the book are also wonderful, such as "As soon as my throat is empty and my eloquence is restored, I will put a long story into your two ears." This sentence made me feel the vitality and eloquence of the character. What a great book worth reading!
Witness: When the protagonist was a child, he was thrown into the water by his father because he was afraid of going into the water. When he grew up, the little girl did not dare to go to the basement because of fear, but the protagonist made the little girl face her fear, and the girl died. One way of education eventually comes back in another way, the trauma becomes a sin, and the girl is also his past self.
Mark: Food was his comfort, he fantasized about delicious food, and finally indulged in his imagination, and he died, a beautiful death.
The characters have distinct personalities, such as the girl who sees a strange sight. Her courage and curiosity are impressive. The descriptions in the book are also wonderful, such as "As soon as my throat is empty and my eloquence is restored, I will put a long story into your two ears." This sentence made me feel the vitality and eloquence of the character. What a great book worth reading!
Witness: When the protagonist was a child, he was thrown into the water by his father because he was afraid of going into the water. When he grew up, the little girl did not dare to go to the basement because of fear, but the protagonist made the little girl face her fear, and the girl died. One way of education eventually comes back in another way, the trauma becomes a sin, and the girl is also his past self. Mark: Food was his comfort, he fantasized about delicious food, and finally indulged in his imagination, and he died, a beautiful death.