Borges A Life

This major new biography of Jorge Luis Borges reveals the human side of one of the key figures in twentieth-century culture. It shows Borges in love and despair, Borges's political passions, Borges against Peron. Drawing on fascinating new sources, the book will transform conventional views of this enigmatic genius.

Edwin Williamson is the King Alfonso XIII Professor of Spanish at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Exeter College.

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
The Sword and the Dagger (1899-1921)	p. 1
Family and Nation	p. 3
Mother and Father	p. 17
Childhood (1899-1914)	p. 32
Geneva (1914-1919)	p. 55
Spain (1919-1921)	p. 68
A Poet in Love (1921-1934)	p. 91
Buenos Aires (1921-1923)	p. 93
Second Visit to Europe (1923-1924)	p. 115
Adventures in the Avant-Garde (1925)	p. 130
The Aleph (1926)	p. 139
Rejection (1926-1927)	p. 149
Revenge and Defeat (1927-1930)	p. 160
Experiments in Fiction (1930-1932)	p. 175
The Rivals (1933-1934)	p. 191
A Season in Hell (1934-1944)	p. 205
Failure (1934-1935)	p. 207
Isolation (1936-1937)	p. 217
The Death of Father (1938-1939)	p. 230
The Example of Dante (1939-1940)	p. 240
The Garden of Forking Paths (1940-1944)	p. 256
Of Hell and Heaven (1944-1969)	p. 273
The "New Beatrice" (1944-1946)	p. 275
Humiliation and Anguish (1946-1947)	p. 291
False Hopes (1947-1950)	p. 299
Borges Against Peron (1950-1955)	p. 311
La Revolucion Libertadora (1955-1959)	p. 326
The Rule of Mother (1958-1963)	p. 342
Deconstructions (1963-1967)	p. 355
Marriage (1967-1968)	p. 369
Love Regained (1969-1986)	p. 383
Iceland (1969-1971)	p. 385
Between Sunset and Dawn (1971-1975)	p. 403
A New Dawn in Iceland (1975-1976)	p. 416
Blue Tigers (1976-1979)	p. 428
The Music of Japan (1979-1981)	p. 441
Deconstructing the Nation (1980-1983)	p. 452
The Weaver of Dreams (1984-1985)	p. 468
Creating an End (1985-1986)	p. 481
Epilogue	p. 490
Glossary of Argentine Terms	p. 493
Notes	p. 495
Bibliography	p. 537
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