Jorge Luis Borges : Un destino literario

How does one write a life? The question of the possibilities and limitations of biography troubled Borges himself. A life, as the writer reflected, consists of an almost innumerable number of events. Any biography, however extensive, implies a selection process: where to begin? Which scenes to privilege and explore in detail? Which can be omitted? How to choose those that mark milestones? Throughout these pages, the reader will find a captivating journey through the life (or lives) of one of the greatest writers in the Spanish language, as well as one of the most interesting figures in 20th-century literature. Borges understood very early on that simply writing texts is not enough to be a writer, at least not the kind of writer he wanted to be: to renew literature, to establish a Creole mythology, to impose a particular conception of poetry or narrative, he needed partners, collaborators, friends, and rivals. The story of his existence, therefore, as this book does, involves constantly moving from the private to the public, from the unofficial to the official, from the person to the character, and vice versa.