The Lesson of the Master: On Borges and His Work - Hardcover

Giovanni, Norman Thomas Di

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0826461107 ISBN 13: 9780826461100

Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2003

Synopsis

"When we attempt a translation, or re-creation, of my poems or prose into English," Borges once said of his collaboration with Norman Thomas di Giovanni, "we don't think of ourselves as two men. We think we are really one mind at work." Di Giovanni first met Jorge Luis Borges in 1967, when the Argentine writer was lecturing at Harvard. Impressed by di Giovanni's editorial skills, Borges invited the young translator to Buenos Aires. There, over the course of four years, the two embarked on a major translation of Borges's prose and poetry into English. This work, much of it published for the first time in the New Yorker, helped to establish Borges as the international literary figure he is today. In "The Lesson of the Master", di Giovanni writes of their friendship and close collaboration. He draws on this unique relationship to explore Borges's work and in these essays succeeds in enlivening our understanding of the author and the man.

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Product Description

DI GIOVANNI, N. T. THE LESSON OF THE MASTER. ON BORGES AND HIS WORK [HARDBACK]. NEW YORK, NY, 2003, 205 p.,. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo.

Review

"Precious glimpses of Borges at work"Times Literary Supplement (UK)

"Precious glimpses of Borges at work" Times Literary Supplement (UK)

"Di Giovanni writes with great affection and admiration for his "Master." Janus Head, Summer 2005--Sanford Lakoff

"The Lessons of the Master" translates the themes, fears, passions, insecurities, and irony of a particular human who happened to be extremely gifted in the art of language. If reading audiences enjoy the 19th and 20th century work of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Walt Whitman, William Faulkner, Ralph Waldo Emerson etc. or appreciate the respect between two men that grows out of a deep friendship, then they will enjoy the experience of reading The Lesson of the Master." -Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies"

Edition details

• Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826461107
• ISBN 13: 9780826461100
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208