July 07, 2002
Borges' 'A Personal Library'
I'm looking forward to Paul Perry's listing of Borges' list of recommended books 'A Personal Library', which he promises soon. Or maybe I should go to the source he cites, but it appears that The Total Library, a British publication of Borges' non-fictions, is out of print. But maybe Selected Nonfictions contains the same lists.
Update July 22: I bought Selected Nonfictions and it does seem to be the same book, just as Paul assured me in email. I may post the 'A Personal Library' and the' Library of Babel' lists here if it's not stepping on Paul's toes. Borges' commentary on selected books from his lists is simply excellent, as is the rest of this book, based on my random readings from it last night.
July 07, 2002 09:15 PM