Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986), a world-renowned Argentine poet, writer, and translator. The father of Spanish-American literature, his creative style is profound, erudite, and unique. He is especially famous for his labyrinthine conception that blends reality with fiction to achieve mystery. He has a significant influence on contemporary literary creation and literary criticism around the world.
In 1976, Borges participated in a series of conversations about his life and work at Indiana University. In the spring of 1980, he returned to Indiana as Professor Paden and spent a month there. He also visited Chicago, New York and Boston, walking and talking along the way. This book is a collection of interviews conducted during these two trips to the United States, with a total of eleven conversations involving Borges's many views on the times, religion, philosophy, literature and writing.
Borges's character and conversation are at least as meaningful and witty as his works. During the last decades of his life, he traveled widely dictating poems, fables, and stories. In his travels and chats, he developed a special oral literature. The ubiquitous themes in Borges's works and the mature thoughts of his octogenarian are intertwined and shining in these eleven conversations, giving people a glimpse into the soul of this literary giant.
"Borges Conversations" is a poetic collaboration between three poets, Borges, Barnstone and Nishikawa, that spans time, space and language. Nishikawa began translating and introducing Borges in the 1980s, and re-edited and refined the translation twenty years later; editor Barnstone's new work "Postscript" re-evaluates Borges's literary legacy. This book is a newly revised commemorative edition in 2023.
Reader comments
This book left a deep impression on me, like having an in-depth conversation with Borges. I was deeply inspired by his unique perspectives, especially his insights into literature and writing. The creative inspiration and literary skills he talked about also reminded me of the innovative thinking and problem-solving methods in my own entrepreneurial process. This is not only a book about literature, but also a book that can inspire thinking and is worth reading.
Funny and humble, countless words were born in his writing, and I also saw his family and life, the help of his mother and sisters, the support of his father, and the love of countless people. It is in love that a free soul is born.
If I lose the light, I want to leave this world, because darkness makes people afraid and worried, even if they touch cotton, they will feel hurt.
And Borges, who inherited the genes of the previous generation, watched the people around him lose their light, and gradually lost their light. He can no longer see the words on the book, and can no longer see the colors. He dictates and he accepts.
This book left a deep impression on me, like having an in-depth conversation with Borges. I was deeply inspired by his unique perspectives, especially his insights into literature and writing. The creative inspiration and literary skills he talked about also reminded me of the innovative thinking and problem-solving methods in my own entrepreneurial process. This is not only a book about literature, but also a book that can inspire thinking and is worth reading.
Funny and humble, countless words were born in his writing, and I also saw his family and life, the help of his mother and sisters, the support of his father, and the love of countless people. It is in love that a free soul is born. If I lose the light, I want to leave this world, because darkness makes people afraid and worried, even if they touch cotton, they will feel hurt. And Borges, who inherited the genes of the previous generation, watched the people around him lose their light, and gradually lost their light. He can no longer see the words on the book, and can no longer see the colors. He dictates and he accepts.