{"product_id":"selected-poems-isbn-9780140587210","title":"Selected Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe largest collection of poetry ever assembled in English by “the most important Spanish-language writer since Cervantes” (Mario Vargas Llosa)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition with flaps and deckle-edged paper\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough universally acclaimed for his dazzling fictions, Jorge Luis Borges always considered himself first and foremost a poet. This new bilingual selection brings together some two hundred poems, including scores of poems never previously translated. Edited by Alexander Coleman, it draws from a lifetime's work--from Borges's first published volume of verse, \u003ci\u003eFervor de Buenos Aires\u003c\/i\u003e (1923), to his final work, \u003ci\u003eLos conjurados\u003c\/i\u003e, published just a year before his death in 1986. Throughout this unique collection the brilliance of the Spanish originals is matched by luminous English versions by a remarkable cast of translators, including Robert Fitzgerald, Stephen Kessler, W. S. Merwin, Alastair Reid, Mark Strand, Charles Tomlinson, and John Updike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 2,000 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.Jorge Luis Borges: 20 Selected Poems\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom\u003c\/i\u003e San Martin Copybook\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue\u003cbr\u003eThe Mythical Founding of Buenos Aires\u003cbr\u003eThe Flow of Memories\u003cbr\u003eDeathwatch on the Southside\u003cbr\u003eNorthern Suburb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom\u003c\/i\u003e The Maker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor Leopoldo Lugones\u003cbr\u003eThe Maker\u003cbr\u003eDreamtigers\u003cbr\u003eA Yellow Rose\u003cbr\u003eParable of Cervantes and Don Quixote\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eParadiso, XXXI, 108\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eParable of the Palace\u003cbr\u003eEverything and Nothing\u003cbr\u003eRagnarök\u003cbr\u003eBorges and I\u003cbr\u003ePoem of the Gifts\u003cbr\u003eThe Hourglass\u003cbr\u003eChess\u003cbr\u003eMirrors\u003cbr\u003eThe Moon\u003cbr\u003eRain\u003cbr\u003eThe Other Tiger\u003cbr\u003eThe Borges\u003cbr\u003eAriosto and the Arabs\u003cbr\u003eEmbarking on the Study of Anglo-Saxon Grammar\u003cbr\u003eLuke XXIII\u003cbr\u003eAdrogué\u003cbr\u003eArs Poetica\u003cbr\u003eMuseum\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Scientific Rigor\u003cbr\u003eQuatrain\u003cbr\u003eBoundaries\u003cbr\u003eThe Poet Proclaims His Renown\u003cbr\u003eThe Generous Friend\u003cbr\u003eLe Regret D' Héraclite\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom \u003c\/i\u003eThe Self and the Other\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue\u003cbr\u003eThe Cyclical Night\u003cbr\u003eOf Heaven and Hell\u003cbr\u003eConjectural Poem\u003cbr\u003ePoem of the Fourth Element\u003cbr\u003eTo a Minor Poet of the Greek Anthology\u003cbr\u003eA Page to Commemorate Colonel Syárez, Victor at Junín\u003cbr\u003eMatthew XXV: 30\u003cbr\u003eThe Dagger\u003cbr\u003eCompass\u003cbr\u003eA Poet of the Thirteenth Century\u003cbr\u003eA Soldier of Urbina\u003cbr\u003eLimits\u003cbr\u003eBaltasar Gracián\u003cbr\u003eA Saxon (A.D. 449)\u003cbr\u003eThe Golem\u003cbr\u003eA Rose and Milton\u003cbr\u003eReaders\u003cbr\u003eJohn I: 14\u003cbr\u003eWaking Up\u003cbr\u003eTo One No Longer Young\u003cbr\u003eAlexander Selkirk\u003cbr\u003eOdyssey, Book Twenty-three\u003cbr\u003eTo a Minor Poet of 1899\u003cbr\u003eTexas\u003cbr\u003ePoem Written in a Copy Of \u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo a Sword at York Minster\u003cbr\u003eEmanuel Swedenborg\u003cbr\u003eJonathan Edwards\u003cbr\u003eEmerson\u003cbr\u003eCamden, 1892\u003cbr\u003eParis, 1856\u003cbr\u003eThe Enigmas\u003cbr\u003eThe Instant\u003cbr\u003e1964\u003cbr\u003eThe Stranger\u003cbr\u003eTo Whoever Is Reading Me\u003cbr\u003eThe Alchemist\u003cbr\u003eSomeone\u003cbr\u003eEverness\u003cbr\u003eOedipus and the Enigma\u003cbr\u003eSpinoza\u003cbr\u003eElegy\u003cbr\u003eAdam Cast Fourth\u003cbr\u003eTo a Coin\u003cbr\u003eOde Written in 1966\u003cbr\u003eDream\u003cbr\u003eThe Sea\u003cbr\u003eA Morning of 1649\u003cbr\u003eTo a Saxon Poet\u003cbr\u003eTo the Son\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom\u003c\/i\u003e For Six Strings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhere Can They Have Gone?\u003cbr\u003eMilonga of Manuel Flores\u003cbr\u003eA Blade in the Northside\u003cbr\u003eMilonga of Don Nicanor Paredes\u003cbr\u003eMilonga of Albornoz\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom\u003c\/i\u003e In Praise of Darkness\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue\u003cbr\u003eCambridge\u003cbr\u003eNew England, 1967\u003cbr\u003eJames Joyce\u003cbr\u003eThe Labyrinth\u003cbr\u003eThings\u003cbr\u003eRubaíyát\u003cbr\u003eJune, 1968\u003cbr\u003eThe Guardian of the Books\u003cbr\u003eInvocation to Joyce\u003cbr\u003eTwo Versions of \"Knight, Death, and the Devil\"\u003cbr\u003eFragments from an Apocryphal Gospel\u003cbr\u003eHis End and His Beginning\u003cbr\u003eIn Praise of Darkness\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom\u003c\/i\u003e The Gold of the Tigers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue\u003cbr\u003eTankas\u003cbr\u003eSusana Bombal\u003cbr\u003eThe Blind Man\u003cbr\u003eThe Search\u003cbr\u003e1971\u003cbr\u003eThings\u003cbr\u003eA Bust of Janus Speaks\u003cbr\u003ePoem of Quantity\u003cbr\u003eThe Watcher\u003cbr\u003eTo the German Language\u003cbr\u003e1891\u003cbr\u003eThe Dream of Pedro Henríquez Ureña\u003cbr\u003eThe Palace\u003cbr\u003eHengist Wants Men (A.D. 449)\u003cbr\u003eTo a Cat\u003cbr\u003eThe Gold of the Tigers\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom\u003c\/i\u003e The Unending Rose\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue\u003cbr\u003eI\u003cbr\u003eThe Dream\u003cbr\u003eBrowning Resolves to Be a Poet\u003cbr\u003eThe Suicide\u003cbr\u003eTo the Nightingale\u003cbr\u003eI Am\u003cbr\u003eA Blind Man\u003cbr\u003e1972\u003cbr\u003eElegy\u003cbr\u003eThe Exile (1977)\u003cbr\u003eTalismans\u003cbr\u003eThe Unending Rose\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom\u003c\/i\u003e The Iron Coin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue\u003cbr\u003eNightmare\u003cbr\u003eMéxico\u003cbr\u003eTo Manuel Mujica Lainez\u003cbr\u003eHerman Melville\u003cbr\u003eThe Moon\u003cbr\u003eTo Johannes Brahms\u003cbr\u003eTo My Father\u003cbr\u003eRemorse\u003cbr\u003eBaruch Spinoza\u003cbr\u003eTo a Version of \u003ci\u003eI Ching\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou Are Not the Others\u003cbr\u003eThe Iron Coin\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom\u003c\/i\u003e The History of the Night\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInscription\u003cbr\u003eAlexandria A.D. 641\u003cbr\u003eAlhambra\u003cbr\u003eMusic Box\u003cbr\u003eI Am Not Even Dust\u003cbr\u003eIceland\u003cbr\u003eGunnar Thorgilsson (1816-1879)\u003cbr\u003eThings That Might Have Been\u003cbr\u003eThe Mirror\u003cbr\u003eA Saturday\u003cbr\u003eThe Causes\u003cbr\u003eAdam Is Your Ashes\u003cbr\u003eHistory of the Night\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom\u003c\/i\u003e The Limit\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInscription\u003cbr\u003ePrologue\u003cbr\u003eDescartes\u003cbr\u003eThe Two Cathedrals\u003cbr\u003eBeppo\u003cbr\u003eOn Acquiring an Encyclopedia\u003cbr\u003eThat Man\u003cbr\u003eTwo Forms of Insomnia\u003cbr\u003eThe Cloisters\u003cbr\u003eNote for a Fantastic Story\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue\u003cbr\u003eHappiness\u003cbr\u003eThe Maker\u003cbr\u003eYesterdays\u003cbr\u003eNostalgia for the Present\u003cbr\u003ePoem\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eInferno,\u003c\/i\u003e V, 129\u003cbr\u003eFame\u003cbr\u003eThe Just\u003cbr\u003eThe Accomplice\u003cbr\u003eShinto\u003cbr\u003eThe Limit\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom\u003c\/i\u003e Atlas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy Last Tiger\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom\u003c\/i\u003e Los Conjurados\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInscription\u003cbr\u003ePrologue\u003cbr\u003eChrist on the Cross\u003cbr\u003eThe Afternoon\u003cbr\u003eElegy for a Park\u003cbr\u003eClouds (I)\u003cbr\u003eClouds (II)\u003cbr\u003eThe Leaves of the Cypress\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Web\u003c\/p\u003e“A surfeit of riches . . . Borges’s poetry alone would be enough to underwrite his immense reputation.” \u003cb\u003e—Geoff Dyer, \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “An unprecedented and invaluable collection.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A definitive collection . . . True beauty is a rare find. These poems expand the reader’s awareness of language, image, and what it means to live.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Santa Fe New Mexican\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“For today’s readers, Borges seems to be saying that more mysterious and magical than dreams or other worlds are the voices and words of our loved ones; beauty is a daily revelation, and happiness, the intelligence of understanding and recognition. Borges has become our classic voice of wonder.” \u003cb\u003e—Julio Ortega, Brown University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “With Pablo Neruda and Alejo Carpentier, Jorge Luis Borges set in motion the wave of astonishing writing that has given Latin American literature its high place in our time. Yet Borges stands alone, a planet unto himself, resisting categorization. Although literary fashions come and go, he is always there, endlessly re-readable by those who admire him, awaiting rediscovery by new generations of readers.” \u003cb\u003e—Jay Parini, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJorges Luis Borges\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Buenos Aires in 1899 and educated in Europe. One of the most widely acclaimed writers of our time, he published many collections of poems, essays and short stories, before his death in Geneva in June 1986. In 1961 Borges shared the International Publishers' Prize with Samuel Beckett. The Ingram Merrill Foundation granted him its Annual Literary Award in 1966 for his \"outstanding contribution to literature.\" In 1971 Columbia University awarded him the first of many degrees of Doctor of Letters, honoris causa that he was to receive from the English-speaking world. In 1971 he received the fifth biennial Jerusalem Prize and in 1973 was given the Alfonso Reyes Prize, one of Mexico's most prestigious cultural awards. In 1980 he shared the Cervantes Prize (the Spanish world's highest literary accolade) with Gerardo Diego. Borges was Director of the Argentine National Library from 1955 until 1973. In a tribute to Borges, Mario Vargas Llosa wrote: \"His is a world of clear, pure, and at the same time unusual ideas...expressed in words of great directness and restraint. [He] was a superb storyteller. 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