Borges piensa en voz alta
La publicación de unas conferencias del escritor argentino muestra su insólita inteligencia y el valor de los libros
Joaquín Sabina shared that his friend Javier Krahe once joked, "I want to be either Borges or a party." This phrase has lingered in my mind as I read through Borges' collected conferences, which were published recently. These conferences consist of over 400 pages of Borges' unique brilliance, scholarly erudition without pretentiousness, and irony without frivolity.
Reading these conferences felt like discovering the closest thing to a "bailable Borges," and I am writing to clarify that this is not to be taken entirely seriously. However, there is a distinct exercise found in these discussions that differs from the experience of reading a story or poem, where the author and reader share a common solitude.
No, in these conferences, Borges speaks directly to a very real and present audience, and he speaks not to all present, but to each one individually.
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