As you know, Borges lectured at The University of Texas at Austin in early 60's and later in the 70's. Way before our time in Austin. I've read most of his published work in English, but it's his essays I often return to, more than his fiction. It was he who convinced me to read Moby Dick, Chesterton, and Hawthorne. For years I've been looking for his translation into Spanish of Faulkner's Wild Palms. I like how he thinks about stories. He understands the need for patience and reflection. I think he'd agree that speed reading was an aberration .
This may sound like a silly question, but do you prefer reading Borges in Spanish or English translation? I'm going to guess Spanish, but thought I'd ask anyway!
@@greatbooksbigideas It's a good question actually. I prefer to read him in English. He learned English when he learned Spanish and when he read Don Quixote for the first time it was an English translation. His writing translates very well into English.
New current reads: The Iliad, the Rieu translation from Penguin. I expect to read the Lattimore translation after this, a copy I've had since university but have never read. DFW's "Consider the Lobster," a collection of essays. I've recently begun inching my way through Wallace's livre, in preparation of tackling his opus when finally complete, hoping that doing so will prepare me for his most difficult work.
If memory serves, the Rieu translation of the Iliad or maybe it was the Odyssey, was the very first Penguin classic title. Historic! DFW is undiscovered country for me. I've read one or two stories and not much else.
I always look forward to your book reviews to see if there might be an author I might be interested in reading. Congratulations on your amazing deal! I really wish we had used book stores in our area that offered more than romance paperbacks and manga. Since I have recently acquired a full set of both Great Books of the Western World and the Harvard Classics, I spend most of my free-reading time buried in them; I am currently reading The Illiad and will revisit The Odyssey afterwards. P.S. Your little "Book Nook" made me smile. 😊
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nice signed copy for only $6!! Thanks for the video. I'll be on the lookout for Borges
Congrats on the first and signed edition Jim. Ok, so I’m a little jealous.
Another informative and enjoyable video. Thanks, Jim.
Glad you enjoyed it
As you know, Borges lectured at The University of Texas at Austin in early 60's and later in the 70's. Way before our time in Austin. I've read most of his published work in English, but it's his essays I often return to, more than his fiction. It was he who convinced me to read Moby Dick, Chesterton, and Hawthorne. For years I've been looking for his translation into Spanish of Faulkner's Wild Palms. I like how he thinks about stories. He understands the need for patience and reflection. I think he'd agree that speed reading was an aberration .
This may sound like a silly question, but do you prefer reading Borges in Spanish or English translation? I'm going to guess Spanish, but thought I'd ask anyway!
@@greatbooksbigideas It's a good question actually. I prefer to read him in English. He learned English when he learned Spanish and when he read Don Quixote for the first time it was an English translation. His writing translates very well into English.
New current reads:
The Iliad, the Rieu translation from Penguin. I expect to read the Lattimore translation after this, a copy I've had since university but have never read.
DFW's "Consider the Lobster," a collection of essays. I've recently begun inching my way through Wallace's livre, in preparation of tackling his opus when finally complete, hoping that doing so will prepare me for his most difficult work.
If memory serves, the Rieu translation of the Iliad or maybe it was the Odyssey, was the very first Penguin classic title. Historic! DFW is undiscovered country for me. I've read one or two stories and not much else.
I always look forward to your book reviews to see if there might be an author I might be interested in reading. Congratulations on your amazing deal! I really wish we had used book stores in our area that offered more than romance paperbacks and manga. Since I have recently acquired a full set of both Great Books of the Western World and the Harvard Classics, I spend most of my free-reading time buried in them; I am currently reading The Illiad and will revisit The Odyssey afterwards. P.S. Your little "Book Nook" made me smile. 😊
Thanks! It helps that I live in a college town, and I'm in a metro area, so there's a good range of used bookshops around.
Thanks, Jim. Always so informative and a "good listen".
Glad you enjoyed it
I see Shelley behind you! 😀
Perhaps I should read Shelley alongside your reading of Ariel?
@@greatbooksbigideas Yes! I certainly will have to read his work.