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Jorge Luis Borges
Alejandra - Borges
I’ve really enjoyed listening to this “Borges” programme! I, as an argentine living in Europe, have to admit I’ve discovered Borges here (in Italy), far away from Argentina… and became an avid reader of his work (At school we hardly study his literature, because Borges is seen as a difficult writer to understand, beyond the common student’s comprehension… which is not true at all! Everybody knows him… but nobody reads his work!). I hope his prose and poetry continue to spread and find its place in the world of average readers as a Marques o Allende did… (un)mythicizing him…
Simon Kavanagh - Kudos
I enjoyed the Borges programme so much I also download the last show on the siege of Constantinople. This was of a similarly high standard. Please make more podcasts available! You have a great back catalogue of shows currently available only via streaming. I'm sure im not the first or last to ask for this. Well done.
KT: Jorge Luis Borges
At the end of your show, one of your guests mentioned that Borges would translate infinite regresses (aleph), though they didn't appear in the original. She briefly linked this to Cantor's work on set theory (ie: his aleph sequence and the equivalence between countable infinite regress and the set of natural numbers). This is a very important part of mathematics in the world we live in today. Perhaps you should do a show on Cantor and his work.
kashmir - Borges
I was hugely excited when I learned that you were going to discuss Borges. I found the programme immensely enjoyable. I first encountered Borges when I was researching my trip to Argentina several years ago and found his work a little arduous but having gained a further insight into his work via your programme I will be revisiting the stories. Thank you for a most enligtening programme. Kashmir PS Any chance of a programme on Fictions of India?
Julian Hensey - Borges and Pan's Labyrinth
This was a very interesting programme, but there should have been a link to how younger people discover writing of Magic Realism. The film Pan's Labyrinth, although original, was influenced heavily by Borges according to the writer and director. It would be interesting to show that even today, such writing is still very relevant.
Mark Casali : Borges
Thanks for the programme on Borges. It is remarkable that such a great writer should be so little known (still) in the English-speaking world. The dominance of our language can also be a curse! By the way, I didnt know that Borges had taught himself German; I have been living in Munich for two years and this has inspired me to make yet another attempt (3rd) on the language!
Graham Wheater, Borges's Quote
You mentioned Borge's quote "People say life is the thing but I prefer reading". Waterstone's gift vouchers attribute this to Logan Pearsall Smith!! Which is the correct attribution?
Abizer Nasir: Paul Theroux's meeting with Borges
There's a nice section in Paul Theroux's travel book "The Old Patagonian Express" of his meetings with Borges in Buenos Aires, and how he would go and read to him. In the end, he felt like he was being inprisoned by Borges. Great introduction to his work. Thanks.
Tom Day - Borges
Another great show - best thing on British radio or television. Can we have archives available as downloads -or even on CDs that can be purchased? And what about letting the rest of the World have access to this programme via the World service?
Borges
Sorry to nitpick over a detail in your usually outstandingly well-constructed programme, but it was Logan Pearsall Smith who, in 1931, wrote 'People say that life's the thing, but I prefer reading', not Borges, about whom the quotation is nonetheless singularly relevant. Best wishes for Twelfth Night (sans yellow ribbons)! John Calton |
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