The Book Common Room

Is Borges the Most Important Writer of the 20th Century?

TheBookCommonRoom Season 2 Episode 3

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In our third episode, we explore who Borges was and the influence he has had on literature. 

February Borges Short Stories: 

1. Shakespeare’s Memory: English translation (p. 1036): ⁠https://posthegemony.files.wordpress....⁠

Spanish: ⁠https://ciudadseva.com/texto/la-memor...⁠

2. Death and the CompassEnglish translation: ⁠https://analepsis.org/wp-content/uplo...⁠

Spanish: ⁠https://lecturia.org/cuentos-y-relato...⁠

3. The Circular Ruins: English translation and Spanish: ⁠https://people.duke.edu/~garci/garcit...⁠

4. Everything and Nothing: English translation (p. 693): ⁠http://posthegemony.wordpress.com/wp-...⁠

Spanish: ⁠https://borgestodoelanio.blogspot.com...⁠


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Introduction music featured by Antonín Dvořák's String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, B. 179 “American”: I. Allegro ma non troppo (1893), performed by the Cleveland Quartet (Telarc, 1991).


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