These enigmatic, elaborate, imaginative inventions display borges talent for turning fiction on its head by playing with form and genre and toying with language. Jorge francisco isidoro luis borges acevedo was an argentine shortstory writer, essayist, poet and translator, and a key figure in spanishlanguage and universal literature. Listen to collected fictions by jorge luis borges at. Jorge luis borges 18901982, argentine poet, critic, and shortstory writer, revolutionized modern literature. If i could live again my life, in the next ill try, to make more mistakes, i wont try to be so perfect, ill be more relaxed. Jorge luis borges project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Browse jorge luis borgess bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. Jorge luis borges audio books, best sellers, author bio. Instantes is the title of a text wrongly attributed to argentine writer jorge luis borges. Jorge luis borges audio books, best sellers, author bio audible. See more ideas about jorge luis borges, the library of. These enigmatic, elaborate, imaginative inventions.
His lecture this craft of verse done at harvard is a great lecture to listen to. Recite this poem upload your own video or voice file new. The peryton was created and described by jorge luis borges in his book of imaginary beings, using a supposedly longlost medieval manuscript as a source. It was widely spread through articles, compilations, posters and email chain letters, mainly in spanish spanish versions, with some variations, consist of a first person narrated poem about an 85yearold person who regrets not having enjoyed some simple pleasures during his life and. Other people say that, indeed, was written by don herold 18891966. Literary critics have described borges as latin americas monumental writer. Jorge guillermo borges, borgess father, had a large library of english and spanish books, and his son, whose frail constitution made it impossible to participate.
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