Borges Por El Mismo

by Jorge Luis Borges

LIBRO SONORO: grabado en Buenos aires en septiembre de 1967

Genres: Literary Fiction

Audio CD

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator regarded as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature. His best-known works, Ficciones (transl. Fictions) and El Aleph (transl. The Aleph), published in the 1940s, are collections of short stories exploring motifs such as dreams, labyrinths, chance, infinity, archives, mirrors, fictional writers and mythology. Borges's works have contributed to philosophical literature and the fantasy genre, and have had a major influence on the magic realist movement in 20th century Latin American literature.
Born in Buenos Aires, Borges later moved with his family to Switzerland in 1914, where he studied at the Collège de Genève. The family travelled widely in Europe, including Spain. On his return to Argentina in 1921, Borges began publishing his poems and essays in surrealist literary journals. He also worked as a librarian and public lecturer. In 1955, he was appointed director of the National Public Library and professor of English Literature at the University of Buenos Aires. He became completely blind by the age of 55. Scholars have suggested that his progressive blindness helped him to create innovative literary symbols through imagination. By the 1960s, his work was translated and published widely in the United States and Europe. Borges himself was fluent in several languages.
In 1961, he came to international attention when he received the first Formentor Prize, which he shared with Samuel Beckett. In 1971, he won the Jerusalem Prize. His international reputation was consolidated in the 1960s, aided by the growing number of English translations, the Latin American Boom, and by the success of Gabriel García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude. He dedicated his final work, The Conspirators, to the city of Geneva, Switzerland. Writer and essayist J.M. Coetzee said of him: "He, more than anyone, renovated the language of fiction and thus opened the way to a remarkable generation of Spanish-American novelists."

Reviews

[Φώτης Καραμπεσίνης · Rating 4 out of 5]

Μικρό σε μέγεθος βιβλιαράκι (ο Ρ. Μονεγκάλ υπήρξε φίλος του μεγάλου Αργεντινού συγγραφέα), όπου επιχειρείται η σύνοψη των βασικών στοιχείων, θεματικών, υφολογικών ιδιαιτεροτήτων του έργου τού Μπόρχες. Εξαιρετικά ενδιαφέρον όχι μόνο ως εισαγωγή, αλλά και ως περίληψη για εκείνους που έχουν ήδη έρθει σε επαφή με το έργο του.

[Alejandro Ortega Duque · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cuando compré este pequeñito libro me enamoré de la idea que venía con el CD y las grabaciones del mismo Borges. Hoy los poemas de Borges se leen en mi mente con su voz. Borges vive en el Nombre de la Rosa de Humberto Eco, en el Golem y en mi cabeza gracias a este delicado e inmejorable material poético.
Muy recomendado.

[Antacq · Rating 5 out of 5]

Poesía de tal exquisitez y profundidad, con una utilización de palabras tan sublime que supera la misma excelencia, como solo el Argentino Jorge Luis Borges, un gigante literario, podría hacerlo. Nada más que agregar.

[Alexis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Parte de la poesía principal de Borges. Un libro de apenas 40 páginas, pero con el placer de escucharlo leer sus propios versos. Escucharlo decir “mis instrumentos de trabajo son la humillación y la angustia; ojalá yo hubiera nacido muerto” pone la piel de gallina.

[Steven Vera · Rating 5 out of 5]

Borges es Borges. Qué delirante y alucinante leer sus versos. Una ricura. Límites es de otro mundo.