El otro Borges. El primer Borges

by Rafael Olea Franco

Este trabajo pretende complementar la imagen que define a Borges como un escritor cosmopolita, sin nexos significativos con su propia realidad historica y cultural que puedan rastrearse en sus textos. Por el contrario, aqui se postula que la reconocida universalidad del autor solo fue posible a partir de sus multiples relaciones con la cultura rioplatense.

304 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1993

Reviews

[Torco · Rating 5 out of 5]

In his usual, unique style that, to my knowledge, has not been replicated, Borges, with unusual candidness, confesses his own feelings about the particularities of his lone life. In the story, he runs into an earlier, younger version of himself, in a reflection of the nature of one's relationship with one's memory. A deeply personal, powerfully metaphoric autobiographic statement about aging and identity, Borges presents powerfully simple ideas in the most extraordinarily beautiful ways. A definite must if you enjoy the old man, or if you enjoy the intense aesthetic experience of the intersection between emotion and thought.