A Personal Anthology
by Jorge Luis Borges
2020-12-29 22:46:41
Handpicked works from the greatest Argentinian writer of the twentieth century. âWithout Borges the modern Latin American novel simply would not existâ (Carlos Fuentes, author and diplomat). After almost a half a century of scrupulous devot...
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Handpicked works from the greatest Argentinian writer of the twentieth century. âWithout Borges the modern Latin American novel simply would not existâ (Carlos Fuentes, author and diplomat). After almost a half a century of scrupulous devotion to his art, Jorge Luis Borges personally compiled this anthology of his workâshort stories, essays, poems, and brief mordant âsketches,â which, in Borgesâs hands, take on the dimensions of a genre unique in modern letters. In this anthology, the author has put together those pieces on which he would like his reputation to rest; they are not arranged chronologically, but with an eye to their âsympathies and differences.â A Personal Anthology, therefore, is not merely a collection, but a new composition. âAn important work, by far the best yet available to the reader . . . who seeks a representative sampling of the great Argentine writer . . . the standard introduction to Borges in England and the United States.â âSaturday Review
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