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Borges at Eighty: Conversations
Contributor(s): Borges, Jorge Luis (Author), Barnstone, Willis (Editor)
ISBN: 0811221210     ISBN-13: 9780811221214
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
OUR PRICE:   $17.06  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: June 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism
Dewey: 868.620
LCCN: 2013010847
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.60 lbs) 192 pages
 
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The words of a genius: Borges at Eighty transcends our expectations of ordinary conversation. In these interviews with Barnstone, Dick Cavett, and Alastair Reid, Borges touches on favorite writers (Whitman, Poe, Emerson) and familiar themes -- labyrinths, mystic experiences, and death -- and always with great, throw-away humor. For example, discussing nightmares, he concludes,"When I wake up, I wake to something worse. It's the astonishment of being myself."

Contributor Bio(s): Borges, Jorge Luis: - Jorge Luis Borges (1890-1982), Argentine poet, critic, and short-story writer, revolutionized modern literature. He was completely blind when appointed the head of Argentina's National Library.Barnstone, Willis: - Willis Barnstone, professor, poet, and scholar, is the author of eighty volumes, including The Restored New Testament, The Gnostic Bible, The Poems of Jesus Christ, The Poetics of Translation, and Mexico in My Heart: New and Selected Poems. He lives in Oakland, California, and Paris.