The Lesson of the Master: On Borges and His Work - Couverture rigide

Giovanni, Norman Thomas Di

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0826461107 ISBN 13 : 9780826461100

Editeur : Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2003

Synopsis

"When we attempt a translation, or re-creation, of my poems or prose into English," Borges once said of his collaboration with Norman Thomas di Giovanni, "we don't think of ourselves as two men. We think we are really one mind at work." Di Giovanni first met Jorge Luis Borges in 1967, when the Argentine writer was lecturing at Harvard. Impressed by di Giovanni's editorial skills, Borges invited the young translator to Buenos Aires. There, over the course of four years, the two embarked on a major translation of Borges's prose and poetry into English. This work, much of it published for the first time in the New Yorker, helped to establish Borges as the international literary figure he is today. In "The Lesson of the Master", di Giovanni writes of their friendship and close collaboration. He draws on this unique relationship to explore Borges's work and in these essays succeeds in enlivening our understanding of the author and the man.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

'The Lesson of the Master' - a memoir and essays - is an indispensable work for Borges readers of all kinds. Di Giovanni is the only translator to have had Borges to hand on a daily basis to contradict or authorize his work. He is not burdened with an over-reverence for his subject but is on the contrary playful, robust and witty. These translations of the stories that Borges generated himself, in collaboration with Norman Thomas di Giovanni, have been sidelined in the past as they were not included in the volumes of Borges' work previously published in English. 'The Lesson of the Master' is an essential illumination of one of the great masters of twentieth-century literature.

Biographie de l'auteur

Norman Thomas Di Giovanni is a Companion of the Order of May, Argentina's highest honour to a foreigner, has been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and is the author of many books including the novel of Bertolucci's movie '1900'. '

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0826461107
• ISBN 13: 9780826461100
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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