Conferencias reunidas: 1960-1985

Between 1960 and 1985, Jorge Luis Borges traveled the world giving lectures on literature, philosophy, history, and thought. He spoke of Shakespeare and Spinoza, of the Odyssey and the Kabbalah, of metaphor, time, and destiny. He thought aloud, with the erudition and lucidity that made him one of the great writers of the 20th century. This volume brings together for the first time those scattered lectures and allows us to hear Borges in his most immediate form: that of a lecturer exploring ideas, questioning, remembering, and narrating. Here there is no system or doctrine, but rather a way of thinking: that of an inexhaustible reader who transforms every topic into an intellectual adventure. Throughout these pages, Borges returns to his obsessions—language, infinity, identity, books—and offers a unique guide to exploring the Western tradition. An essential book for understanding not only what Borges wrote, but how he thought.