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A review by rogerb
The Book of Fantasy by Adolfo Bioy Casares, Silvina Ocampo, Jorge Luis Borges
5.0
I had to get this too for Nigel's Halloween event.
I've been a fan of Borges for as long as I can recall - he was a cult vogue in the 70s and I was an enthusiastic follower. I think this was a good choice.
This is a long anthology - some of the pieces are well known or by well known authors; others are from people I have never heard of (often translated from Spanish); others again (I A Ireland?) might not even exist. While I have not read all the pieces, I have read most and they are of uniformly high quality and reflect the title well. Anyone who knows Borges will be reassured by the nature of many of the pieces - his imagination was well out of the ordinary and so his interpretation of "fantasy" is often esoteric.
I will continue to pick up any volume with his name on.
I've been a fan of Borges for as long as I can recall - he was a cult vogue in the 70s and I was an enthusiastic follower. I think this was a good choice.
This is a long anthology - some of the pieces are well known or by well known authors; others are from people I have never heard of (often translated from Spanish); others again (I A Ireland?) might not even exist. While I have not read all the pieces, I have read most and they are of uniformly high quality and reflect the title well. Anyone who knows Borges will be reassured by the nature of many of the pieces - his imagination was well out of the ordinary and so his interpretation of "fantasy" is often esoteric.
I will continue to pick up any volume with his name on.