Borges and His Fiction: A Guide to His Mind and Art (Texas Pan American Series)
From reviews of the first edition: "A compulsively readable account of the life and works of our greatest ... writer of fantasy. With a keen appreciation of Borges himself and a pleasant disregard for the critical cliches, Bell-Villada tells us all we really want to know about the modern master--from pronouncing his name to understanding the stories." New York Daily News "Of the scores of Borges studies by now published in English, Bell-Villada's excellent book stands out as one of the freshest and most generally helpful... Lay readers and specialists alike will find his book a valuable and highly readable companion to Ficciones and El Aleph." --Choice