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Conversations, Volume 2 (Hardcover)
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Conversations, Volume 2 (Hardcover)
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Recorded during Jorge Luis Borges's final years, this second volume
of his conversations with Osvaldo Ferrari provides a wide-ranging
reflection on the life and work of Argentina's master writer and
favorite conversationalist. In Conversations: Volume 2, Borges and
Ferrari engage in a dialogue that is both improvisational and
frequently humorous as they touch on subjects as diverse as epic
poetry, detective fiction, Buddhism, and the moon landing. With his
signature wit, Borges offers insight into the philosophical basis
of his stories and poems, his fascination with religious mysticism,
and the idea of life as dream. He also dwells on more personal
themes, including the influence of his mother and father on his
intellectual development, his friendships, and living with
blindness. These recollections are alive to the passage of history,
whether in the changing landscape of Buenos Aires or a succession
of political conflicts, leading Borges to contemplate what he
describes as his "South American destiny." The recurrent theme of
these conversations, however, is a life lived through books. Borges
draws on the resources of a mental library that embraces world
literature-ancient and modern. He recalls the works that were a
constant presence in his memory and maps his changing attitudes to
a highly personal canon. In the prologue to the volume, Borges
celebrates dialogue and the transmission of culture across time and
place. These conversations are a testimony to the supple ways that
Borges explored his own relation to numerous traditions. Praise for
Borges "Borges is arguably the great bridge between modernism and
post-modernism in world literature."-David Foster Wallace
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