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‘Believe me: the benefits of blindness have been greatly exaggerated. If I could see, I would never leave the house, I’d stay indoors reading the many books that surround me.’ ‘Jorge Luis Borges Days before his death, Borges gave an intimate interview to his friend, the Argentine journalist Gloria Lopez Lecube. That interview is translated for the first time here, giving English-language readers a new insight into his life, loves, and thoughts about his work and country at the end of his life. Accompanying that interview are a selection of the fascinating interviews he gave throughout his career. Highlights include his celebrated conversations with Richard Burgin during Borges’s time as a lecturer at Harvard University, in which he gives rich new insights into his own works and the literature of others, as well as discussing his now oft-overlooked political views. The pieces combine to give a new and revealing window on one of the most celebrated cultural figures of the past century. From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more…
Abstract: ‘Believe me: the benefits of blindness have been greatly exaggerated. If I could see, I would never leave the house, I’d stay indoors reading the many books that surround me.’ ‘Jorge Luis Borges Days before his death, Borges gave an intimate interview to his friend, the Argentine journalist Gloria Lopez Lecube. That interview is translated for the first time here, giving English-language readers a new insight into his life, loves, and thoughts about his work and country at the end of his life. Accompanying that interview are a selection of the fascinating interviews he gave throughout his career. Highlights include his celebrated conversations with Richard Burgin during Borges’s time as a lecturer at Harvard University, in which he gives rich new insights into his own works and the literature of others, as well as discussing his now oft-overlooked political views. The pieces combine to give a new and revealing window on one of the most celebrated cultural figures of the past century. From the Trade Paperback edition
باور کنید: در فواید نابینایی بسیار اغراق شده است. اگر میتوانستم ببینم، هرگز از خانه بیرون نمیرفتم، در خانه میماندم و کتابهای زیادی را که اطرافم را احاطه کردهاند، میخواندم. خورخه لوئیس بورخس چند روز قبل از مرگش، بورخس مصاحبه ای صمیمی با دوستش، روزنامه نگار آرژانتینی گلوریا لوپز لکوبه انجام داد. این مصاحبه برای اولین بار در اینجا ترجمه می شود و در پایان به خوانندگان انگلیسی زبان بینشی تازه از زندگی، عشق ها و افکار او درباره کار و کشورش می دهد. از زندگی او همراه با آن مصاحبه، منتخبی از مصاحبه های جذابی است که او در طول زندگی حرفه ای خود انجام داده است. نکات برجسته شامل گفتگوهای مشهور او با ریچارد بورگین در زمان بورخس به عنوان مدرس در دانشگاه هاروارد است که در آن او بینش های غنی جدیدی از آثار خود و ادبیات دیگران ارائه می دهد و همچنین درباره دیدگاه های سیاسی خود که اکنون اغلب نادیده گرفته شده است بحث می کند. این قطعات با هم ترکیب می شوند تا پنجره ای جدید و آشکار به یکی از مشهورترین چهره های فرهنگی قرن گذشته ارائه دهند. از نسخه Trade Paperback. بیشتر بخوانید…
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