The Lesson of the Master: On Borges and His Work

by Norman Thomas Di Giovanni

Overview

'The Lesson of the Master' - a memoir and essays - is an indispensable work for Borges readers of all kinds. Di Giovanni is the only translator to have had Borges to hand on a daily basis to contradict or authorize his work. He is not burdened with an over-reverence for his subject but is on the contrary playful, robust and witty. These translations of the stories that Borges generated himself, in collaboration with Norman Thomas di Giovanni, have been sidelined in the past as they were not included in the volumes of Borges' work previously published in English. 'The Lesson of the Master' is an essential illumination of one of the great masters of twentieth-century literature.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826476258
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/30/2004
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.43(d)

About the Author

Norman Thomas Di Giovanni is a Companion of the Order of May, Argentina's highest honour to a foreigner, has been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and is the author of many books including the novel of Bertolucci's movie '1900'.

Table of Contents

	Foreword	9
I
	In Memory of Borges	15
II
	Borges and His Interpreters	47
	Borges at Play: the Self and the Selves	61
	Evaristo Carriego: Borges as Biographer	89
	Borges and His Sources: A Universal History of Infamy	111
III
	Borges and His Autobiography	141
	On Translating Borges	159
	A Translator's Guide	181
	Afterword	187
Appendix	A Footnote to Infamy	193