Read Borges ADOLFO BIOY CASARES 1 TOMO 9788423338733 Books

Product details Hardcover 1664 pages Publisher DESTINO; 1ª. edition (2006) Language Spanish ISBN-10 8423338738

Borges ADOLFO BIOY CASARES 1 TOMO 9788423338733 Books Reviews

• With more than 1660 pages this book is very interesting. I think that it's a great choice but just if you have read the complete works of Borges and at least the best works of Bioy (and I would suggest its reading in spanish). I do not like all his collaborations (Isidoro Parodi and others) but this secret collaboration is wonderfull.
  As a caution I would say that nobody had to read this volume expecting to know Borges, but this is the (cult) point of view from a friend, and you know, the friends have a special way to sight or to opine about the other friend. So (knowing the Bioy Casares's books) it is normal meet a Borges more passional, sometimes very distant, anyway, I use the english just to read but I hope that this brief review could help someone.
  Con sus más de 1660 páginas este tomo es bastante entretenido e interesante. Yo creo que es una buena lectura siempre y cuando se haya leido la obra completa de Borges y por lo menos la obra básica de ABC. Debido a que las referencias siempre llevan a los libros que Borges publicó. Es excelente en el sentido de que no es cualquiera quien habla de Borges sino otro genio literario como lo fue Bioy Casares. Sin embargo no creo que haya que leerlo con la espectativa de conocer al verdadero Borges, sino de conocer la (cultísima) ídea que Bioy tenía de él. Personalmente considero cada dólar bien invertido en este maravilloso volumén; también me agradó que estuviera en un solo tomo.
• First of all, I was surprised with this robust hardcover. More than 1600 pages, making it uneasy to read it as we do with most of the books. But it is an extraordinary portrait of the Argentine cultural life in almost forty years of friendship between two great intellectuals . Reading through pages we can meet Borges, family and friends as they really are, in daily conversations about almost everything. I was admired with Bioy capacity of registering detailed discussions, and document Borges perspective on poetry, prose, writers and polititians. A wonderful book.