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De verhalen
De verhalen biedt een onmisbaar en volledig overzicht van het werk van een van de grootste Spaanstalige schrijvers uit de literatuurgeschiedenis. De verzameling omvat onder meer zijn debuut Wereldschandkronieken, evenals de klassieke bundels Fantastische verhalen, De Aleph en Het verslag van Brodie.
- GenresFiction
891 pages, Hardcover
Published December 5, 2016
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About the author
Jorge Luis Borges
1,595 books14.4k followersJorge 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."
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."
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November 26, 2024
Er zaten echt goede verhalen tussen, maar een groot deel vond ik maar vaag..
May 7, 2022
Deze bundel bevat voor zover ik weet alle verhalenbundels van Borges, aan het eind staan er ook een paar gedichten in. Dit maakt het boek rijk aan verscheidenheid. Typische Borgesiaanse thema's komen vaak terug: tijgers, schaakborden, oneindigheid etc. Veel verhalen blijven de lezer lang bij. Er zijn echter ook verhalen die helemaal geen indruk maken: niet to-the-point, druipend van mooischrijverij, onbegrijpelijk vaag etc. Dit is binnen een dergelijk omvangrijk boek natuurlijk onvermijdbaar, maar daarom geef ik geen 5 sterren. Over de vertaling kan ik opmerken dat die heel natuurlijk is, maar adjectieven worden te vaak zonder e geschreven; dit klinkt vaak verhevener, maar het wordt op den duur storend. Verder is het heel mooi gedaan. Een aanrader voor lezers die willen verdwalen in oneindige bibliotheken.
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