About this title: These essays were originally given as lectures in Buenos Aires by the blind Jorge Luis Borges, in 1977. He delivered them entirely from memory, including their copious quotations, and they were transcribed by others. Borges's topics include Dante, Buddhism, nightmares, and (the last lecture) blindness. This brief volume encapsulates everything Borges has come to be known for: immense learning leavened by humor, an ironic view of the world, and an overwhelming love for the written word.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780811209045ISBN:0811209040
Description: and Weinberger, Eliot (Translated by) Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. hardback and jacket has library marks in non reading areas-no other problems. Text in English, Spanish. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 121 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New Directions,, New York:
Date Published: 1984.
Description: First edition. Near fine galley proof with copy of the manuscript sheets of the introduction laid in. Black-and-white photograph (which has a small skinned spot) and publisher's slip attached to the front cover. Translated by Eliot Weinberger and introduction by Alastair Reid. Even the hardback edition of this title is scarce. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Date Published: 10/1/1984
ISBN-13:9780811209052ISBN:0811209059
Description: Very Good. 0811209059 SOFTCOVER NICE/CLEAN, HAS JUST A TAD COSMETIC EXTERIOR WEAR-BINDING TIGHT, PAGES CLEAN, NO HI-LIGHTING/UNDERLINING, MAY HAVE REMAINDER MARKS. read more
Edition: TRA
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780811218382ISBN:0811218384
Description: New. The incomparable Borges delivered these seven lectures in Buenos Aires in 1977; attendees were treated to Borges' erudition on the following topics: Dante's "The Divine Comedy, " Buddhism, poetry, the Kabbalah, and blindness. read more
Publisher: New York, NY, U.S.A. : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1984, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780811209045ISBN:0811209040
Description: Very Good/Very Good. 0811209040 Ex-Library. read more
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