Personal Anthology

Handpicked works from the greatest Argentinian writer of the twentieth century. "e;Without Borges the modern Latin American novel simply would not exist"e; (Carlos Fuentes, author and diplomat). After almost a half a century of scrupulous devotion to his art, Jorge Luis Borges personally compiled this anthology of his work short stories, essays, poems, and brief mordant "e;sketches,"e; which, in Borges's hands, take on the dimensions of a genre unique in modern letters. In this anthology, the author has put together those pieces on which he would like his reputation to rest; they are not arranged chronologically, but with an eye to their "e;sympathies and differences."e; A Personal Anthology, therefore, is not merely a collection, but a new composition. "e;An important work, by far the best yet available to the reader . . . who seeks a representative sampling of the great Argentine writer . . . the standard introduction to Borges in England and the United States."e; Saturday Review