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Poems of the Night

A Dual-Language Edition with Parallel Text

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By Jorge Luis Borges
Introduction by Efrain Kristal
Edited by Suzanne Jill Levine and Efrain Kristal
Notes by Efrain Kristal

By Jorge Luis Borges
Introduction by Efrain Kristal
Edited by Suzanne Jill Levine and Efrain Kristal
Notes by Efrain Kristal

By Jorge Luis Borges
Read by Juanita Devis
Introduction by Efrain Kristal
Edited by Suzanne Jill Levine and Efrain Kristal
Notes by Efrain Kristal

By Jorge Luis Borges
Read by Juanita Devis
Introduction by Efrain Kristal
Edited by Suzanne Jill Levine and Efrain Kristal
Notes by Efrain Kristal

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    About Poems of the Night

    A dual-language volume of poems on darkness and light—many appearing in English for the first time—by one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century
     
    Revered for his magnificent works of fiction, Jorge Luis Borges thought of himself primarily as a poet. Poems of the Night is a moving collection of the great literary visionary’s poetic meditations on nighttime, darkness, and the crepuscular world of visions and dreams, themes that speak implicitly to the blindness that overtook Borges late in life—and yet the poems here are drawn from the full span of Borges’s career.
     
    Featuring such poems as “History of the Night” and “In Praise of Darkness” and more than fifty others in luminous translations by an array of distinguished translators—among them W. S. Merwin, Christopher Maurer, Alan Trueblood, and Alastair Reid—this volume brings to light many poems that have never appeared in English, presenting them en face with their Spanish originals.

    About Poems of the Night

    A dual-language volume of poems on darkness and light—many appearing in English for the first time—by one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century
     
    Revered for his magnificent works of fiction, Jorge Luis Borges thought of himself primarily as a poet. Poems of the Night is a moving collection of the great literary visionary’s poetic meditations on nighttime, darkness, and the crepuscular world of visions and dreams, themes that speak implicitly to the blindness that overtook Borges late in life—and yet the poems here are drawn from the full span of Borges’s career.
     
    Featuring such poems as “History of the Night” and “In Praise of Darkness” and more than fifty others in luminous translations by an array of distinguished translators—among them W. S. Merwin, Christopher Maurer, Alan Trueblood, and Alastair Reid—this volume brings to light many poems that have never appeared in English, presenting them en face with their Spanish originals.

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    About Jorge Luis Borges

    Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) was an Argentine poet, essayist, and author of short stories. His most notable works as a key literary Spanish-language figure of the twentieth century include Ficciones (Fictions) and El Aleph (The Aleph). He received a BA from… More about Jorge Luis Borges

    About Jorge Luis Borges

    Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) was an Argentine poet, essayist, and author of short stories. His most notable works as a key literary Spanish-language figure of the twentieth century include Ficciones (Fictions) and El Aleph (The Aleph). He received a BA from… More about Jorge Luis Borges

    Product Details

    Category: Classic Nonfiction | Poetry | Literary Criticism | Essays & Literary Collections

    Paperback | $19.00
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Mar 30, 2010 | 224 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780143106005

    Category: Poetry | Audiobooks | Literary Criticism | Essays & Literary Collections

    Audiobook Download | $12.50
    Published by Penguin Audio
    Jun 20, 2023 | 286 Minutes | ISBN 9780593792476

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