The Lesson of the Master On Borges and His Work

Description

'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.

Author(s)

Norman Thomas Di Giovanni, 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'.

Reviews

 

“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 19^th and 20^th 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

 

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