Paperback, 96 pages

English language

Published July 30, 1985 by University of Texas Press.

ISBN:
978-0-292-71549-3
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Poems, stories, and personal reflections reveal the interwoven existence of imagination and reality in the mind of the South American writer.

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reviewed Dreamtigers by Jorge Luis Borges (Texas Pan American Series)

Tigres que sonham comigo: lendo Dreamtigers

Em Dreamtigers, encontrei um Borges íntimo, sussurrado, que transforma reminiscências em arte breve. O livro reúne poemas, prosas curtas, fábulas e notas que se tocam como espelhos; nelas, a infância, os tigres, as bibliotecas e o tempo se entrelaçam. Li como quem percorre um museu de miniaturas: cada peça guarda um mundo e exige atenção devota. A concisão de Borges não empobrece; ao contrário, amplia o silêncio entre as frases, onde a emoção cresce.

Senti uma alegria melancólica diante de suas obsessões: o sonho que corrige a vigília, o duplo que ameaça a identidade, o labirinto como forma do destino. Quando ele evoca os livros lidos e os não escritos, percebi minha própria dívida com o que recordo mal. A tradução aparece como hospitalidade e risco; o autor sabe que toda palavra é um empréstimo vigilado. A ironia é discreta, a piedade, seca, a inteligência é luminosa.

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reviewed Dreamtigers by Jorge Luis Borges (Texas Pan American Series)

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Borges is a profound Postmodern writer from Argentina. He is most famous for the short story collection “Labyrinths”, a book on my fiction shortlist. Although best know for his fiction he thought of himself first as a poet. As he became blind later in life he dedicated himself to the composition of his sonnets, as he could do that work in only his mind and then dictate the words to a typist later. His poems are cryptic but I remember enjoying them. Borges’ work was where I first discovered that artists could create their own language of symbols and images with an initially relative meaning that is gradually established and given to a reader through a whole body of work. I liked getting lost in Borges’ spinning dreams. There were a few of his stories at the back of “Dreamtigers”. They showed why he is so respected in that medium. …

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