Jorge Luis Borges: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations - Couverture souple

Borges, Jorge Luis

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1612192041 ISBN 13 : 9781612192048

Editeur : Melville House, 2013

Synopsis

“Believe me: the benefits of blindness have been greatly exaggerated. If I could see, I would never leave the house, I’d stay indoors reading the many books that surround me.”
—Jorge Luis Borges

Days before his death, Borges gave an intimate interview to his friend, the Argentine journalist Gloria Lopez Lecube. That interview is translated for the first time here, giving English-language readers a new insight into his life, loves, and thoughts about his work and country at the end of his life.
 
Accompanying that interview are a selection of the fascinating interviews he gave throughout his career. Highlights include his celebrated conversations with Richard Burgin during Borges's time as a lecturer at Harvard University, in which he gives rich new insights into his own works and the literature of others, as well as discussing his now oft-overlooked political views. The pieces combine to give a new and revealing window on one of the most celebrated cultural figures of the past century.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jorge Luis Borges (b. 1899, Buenos Aires, Argentina; d. 1986, Geneva, Switzerland) was an Argentine short-story writer, poet, essayist and translator. He was one of the greatest literary figures of the twentieth century, inspiring generations of writers in the US and UK as well as his native Latin America. He is most famous for the short-story collections Ficciones (1944) and The Aleph (1949).

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Days before his death, Jorge Luis Borges gave an intimate interview to his friend, the Argentine journalist Gloria Lopez Lecube. That interview is translated for the first time here, giving English-language readers a new insight into his life and thoughts about his work and country at the end of his life. Accompanying this final interview are a selection of the fascinating interviews he gave throughout his career. Together, this thought-provoking collection provides a fresh look at one of the most celebrated cultural figures of the past century.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Melville House
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1612192041
• ISBN 13: 9781612192048
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible