Borges  -  James Woodall

A Life

KORTE INHOUD

Jorge Luis Borges is one of the seminal figures in twentieth-century literature. His influence on the art of narrative and on the very way people think about writing has been incalculable. All postwar fiction, from García Márquez to Fuentes, Updike to Barth, Calvino to Eco, bears Borges's imprint—in spite of the fact that Borges did not write a single novel.Born at the turn of the century in Argentina, Borges grew up with cosmopolitan parents who fostered his love of literature—and his active imagination. H...
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1997 Uitgever: Basic Books 368 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0465043615 ISBN-13: 9780465043613