Jorge Luis Borges: A Writer on the Edge (2006 edition)  (Critical Studies in Latin American and Iberian Culture)
The present work is an outgrowth of lectures presented at Cambridge (1992) by the author (Argentine literature, Univ. of Buenos Aires). Drawing both from textual analysis and Borges's Buenos Aires literary circles, Sarlo challenges--and deftly refutes--the conventionally held proposition that "Borges's reputation in the world has cleansed him of nationality." She then successfully demonstrates that Borges lived and wrote in a richly diverse, cosmopolitan milieu with dual Argentine-European roots. Even in his most fantastic, problematic fiction (best exemplified in the three stories "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius," "The Library of Babel," and "The Lottery in Babylon"), Borges is shown to address real social and philosophical questions of the day. Recommended for collections emphasizing Latin American studies.- Charles E. Perry, East Central Univ., Ada, Okla.Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.