Jorge Luis Borges wrote: "Fame is a form of incomprehension,
perhaps the worst." Since his death Borges has been inducted into
the world literary canon through the efforts of a number of
influential critics and the Borges estate. Central to this project
has been the publication of a group of grand volumes whose greatest
achievement has been to make available in English works that had
previously remained obscure, even in Spanish. The five-year
collaboration (1967-1972) between Borges and Norman Thomas di
Giovanni produced the translations that brought Borges his
burgeoning global English readership. The Lesson of the Master--a
memoir and essays--is an indispensable work for Borges readers and
his growing legion of students and scholars. Di Giovanni was the
only translator to have Borges on hand on a daily basis to
contradict or authorize his work. In addition di Giovanni is not
burdened with an over-reverence for his subject but is on the
contrary playful, robust, and witty. The Lesson of the Master is an
essential illumination of one of the great masters of
twentieth-century literature.
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