Borges: Selected Non-Fictions

580 Pages·2000·4.644 MB·English

by  Jorge Luis Borges, Eliot Weinberger, Eliot Weinberger, Esther Allen, Suzanne Jill Levine

SELECTED NON-FICTIONS

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Contents
AN otoen T hiEsd ition
XI
I.E ARLY WRITINGS1 922-1982 1
ThNeo thinogfPn eerssso nality 3
AfteIrm ages 10
JoycUeyl'sss es 12
AH istoofAr nyg els 16
VerbifarogP eo ems 20
AP reosfsoifLo int eFraairtyh 23
LitePrlaerays ure 28
AnI nvestoiftg haWeto irodn 32
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ThPee rpeRtaucoaefAl c hialnltdeh Tseor toise 43
ThDeu ratoifHo enl l 48
ThSeu eprstiEttihooifutc shsR e e ader 52
OuIrn abilities 56
ThPeo stuloafRt eiaolni ty 59
AD eefnsoefB asitlhiFeda elss e 65
The HoVmeresriiocn s 69
NarraAtraitnv Mdea gic 75
A Deefnsoeft hKea bbalah 83
ThAer otfV e rbAablu se 87
ThTera nsloaftT ohrTehso usaannOddn Nei gths 92
Ia,J ew 110