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On Mysticism is a collection of Borges' essays, fiction and poetry that explores the role of the mysterious and spiritual in Borges' life and writing. Borges had profound knowledge of eastern religions and was raised by a philosophically astute father. As a result he was preoccupied with a metaphysical uneasiness that infiltrated his work. This book is a unique collection of Borges' meditations on the mystical realm that fascinated him so much.
Read Borges' On Writing and On Argentina.
About the Author
One of the twentieth century's greatest writers, Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) published numerous collections of poems, essays, and fiction. Director of the National Library of Buenos Aires from 1955 to 1973, Borges was awarded the degree of Doctor of Letters, honoris causa, from both Columbia and Oxford. He received various literary awards over the course of his career, including the International Publisher's Prize (which he shared with Samuel Beckett in 1961), the Jerusalem Prize, and the Alfonso Reyes Prize.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Mostly reprints; new material is lightweight, Oct 1 2010
By Edward T. Brading - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: On Mysticism (Paperback)
Penguin's publication of this book is strange. Most of the book comprises reprinted material appearing in other Penguin books, including Selected Non-Fictions, Collected Fictions, and Selected Poems. Only five pieces are new translations, but they are short and forgettable. Borges's widow wrote the introduction, but it is forgettable, too. Even grouping selected pieces together under the rubric "mysticism" makes little sense - most of Borges's work could be placed in that category. And the reader would have more fun doing that kind of grouping for himself. One star for the book's concept and lack of originality, but five stars for Borges, for an average of three.
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Necessary or not, certainly a pleasure., April 28 2012
By Guttersnipe Das "Guttersnipe Das" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: On Mysticism (Paperback)
Is this book necessary? Ninety percent of it is already available in the three canonized volumes of Borges' fiction, non-fiction and poetry. What's new here seemed to me very minor - thumbnail sketches of Santayana and Schopenhauer, and an essay on Berkeley that Borges wrote when he was 24.Yet I am so glad I bought and read it. The great canonical volumes of Borges have been made. They sit on my shelf. I'm grateful for them. Now it is necessary to take them apart again. I was glad to have a focus and a path, a small selection made by no less than Maria Kodama, Borges' literary executor and widow.
Rereading stories I'd read years before - The Library of Babel, Funes the Memorious, The Circular Ruins, The Aleph -- I found them more amazing than I remembered. Over the years my small-capacity mind had reduced them to clevernesses, to delightful mental math problems. They are so much more than that. I am embarrassed to admit that I thought, "The translation has really been improved. It is much more fresh." I am delusional. The translation, by Andrew Hurley, is exactly the same.
I do not know if this book is essential, but certainly it is delightful. I loved to be guided, to have the chance to read again, and to carry a little Borges along on the train.
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