by Jorge Luis Borges · Seuil · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782020069755
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«Evaristo Carriego» is Jorge Luis Borges's biographical essay, published by Seuil in the Points collection, in paperback (159 pages, in French).
Borges reconstructs the figure of the popular poet Evaristo Carriego and turns it into a starting point for portraying the Buenos Aires of the suburbs, with its compadritos, the mythology of courage and the music of tango. More than a conventional biography, it is a literary elaboration that anticipates the central themes Borges would develop later.
The original dates from 1930; this 1984 French edition, with complete text, belongs to the Points collection (no. 167).
Suitable for those interested in the relationship between Borges, tango and the mythology of Buenos Aires neighbourhoods.
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator regarded as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature. His best-known works, Ficciones (transl. Fictions) and El Aleph, published in the 1940s, are collections of short stories exploring motifs such as dreams, labyrinths, chance, infinity, archives, mirrors, fictional writers, and mythology. Borges's works have contributed to philosophical literature and the fantasy genre, and have had a major influence on the magical realist movement in 20th century Latin American literature.
