CONVERSATIONS: VOLUME 1
Book ID/图书代码： 12844015B83894
English Summary/英文概要： Buddhism, love, Henry James, and the tango are just a few of the topics Jorge Luis Borges, Argentina’s master writer, and extraordinary conversationalist, discusses in the first volume of the remarkable new series, Conversations. The eighty-four-year-old blind man’s wit is unending and results in lively and insightful discussions that configure a loose autobiography of a subtle, teasing mind. Borges’ favorite concepts such as time and dreaming are touched upon, but these dialogues are not a true memoir, they are unrestricted conversations about life at present.
The Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, contributed immensely to twentieth-century literature, and more specifically to the genres of magical realism and fantasy. As he progressively lost his sight—he became completely blind by the age of fifty-five—the darkness behind his eyelids held enchanting imagery that translated into rich symbolism in his work. The inner workings of his curious mind are seen vividly in his conversations with Ferrari, and there’s not a subject on which he doesn’t cast surprising new light. As in his tale “The Other,” where two Borgeses meet up on a bench beside the River Charles, this is a dialogue between a young poet and the elder teller of tales where all experience floats in a miracle that defies linear time.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 本书是拉美文坛泰斗博尔赫斯生前最后的、也是最大规模的对谈录，对话者是同为拉美文学名家的费拉里。18篇涉及不同话题的平等对谈，不同于市面上所有单调、短小的博尔赫斯“采访稿”。
对话集是了解一位哲学家、作家思想最直白、最坦荡的方式。在博尔赫斯生前的最后三年，阿根廷国立电台敏锐地发现了这一要义。他们策划了一档连续时间长达三年的对话节目，不同于以往流于形式的记者采访，这次他们请来的是深受博氏影响的拉美文坛后起之秀——奥斯瓦尔多·费拉里，与博尔赫斯展开针对学术甚至生活领域的各个话题的对谈，并集结成册付梓。
对话的电波始自1984年，历经三年，到1986年博尔赫斯溘然长逝而戛然终止。这是博氏生前最后的声音，也是他的遗作，集其最后的人生哲思于大成。(DB)
Awards/获奖情况："Borges is a clever metaphysician who has given us an enormous and varied literature, ranging from re-creations of an ancient Chinese ’book guardian’ to the characteristics of imaginary beasts." (New York Times)"
About the Author/作者介绍： [阿根廷]豪尔赫·路易斯·博尔赫斯（1899-1986），阿根廷小说家、诗人、散文家。代表作《小径分岔的花园》《老虎的黄金》《阿莱夫》。
[阿根廷]奥斯瓦尔多·费拉里（1948-），阿根廷诗人、散文家、教授。代表作《生命诗篇》《自传之诗》。
Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986), Argentine writer, poet, and philosopher, is best known for his books Ficciones and The Aleph. Osvaldo Ferrari is a poet, essayist, and university professor. Jason Wilson is emeritus professor at University College London.
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