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Grove Press (1994), Edition: Unstated Printing, hardback, 210 pages
Description
After almost a half a century of scrupulous devotion to his art, Jorge Luis Borges personally compiled this anthology of his work-short stories, essays, poems, and brief mordant "sketches," which, in Borges's hands, take on the dimensions of a genre unique in modern letters. In this anthology, the author has put together those pieces on which he would like his reputation to rest; they are not arranged chronologically, but with an eye to their "sympathies and differences." A Personal Anthology, therefore, is not merely a collection, but a new composition.
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LibraryThing member AltheaAnn
A collection, edited and arranged by the author, of his favorite writings. It's described as being for a "reader who seeks a representative sampling of the great writer" and a "standard introduction to Borges in [English]."
I'd agree - there's a good mix here of short stories, essays and poetry.
As always, Borges' writing is lyrical, beautiful and thought-provoking.
I'd agree - there's a good mix here of short stories, essays and poetry.
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Some are well-known works which I've read more than once before' some more obscure (at least to me.)As always, Borges' writing is lyrical, beautiful and thought-provoking.
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Original publication date
1961 (Spanish)
1967 (English)
Physical description
224 p.; 8.23 inches
ISBN
0802130771 / 9780802130778
Local notes
indexed 1725(2)/115