Hugo Burel – El Club de los Nostálgicos
“Whether you like it or not, the only safe place out there is the past” When people ask me for... Read Article
Jorge Luis Borges
Conversations: Volume 1 by Jorge Luis Borges and Osvaldo Ferrari
The conversations specified in the title of this book date from March 1984, when Jorge Luis Borges and Osvaldo Ferrari... Read Article
Borges and his Successors
In his short essay Kafka and his Precursors, Borges writes of the Czech author that “at first I had considered... Read Article
Writing Across Cultures: Narrative Transculturation in Latin America
Ángel Rama’s Writing Across Cultures: Narrative Transculturation in Latin America is a superb piece of work. The Uruguayan Rama is,... Read Article
Google pays tribute to Jorge Luis Borges on his 112th Birthday
If you’re making a search today on Google you may find yourself looking at an image of an old man... Read Article
Carlos Gardel: The King of Tango
Last month marked the seventy-sixth year since Argentine music maestro, Carlos Gardel’s, untimely death. To this day however, his name... Read Article
A Small Iridescent Sphere of Brilliance: Describing Jorge Luis Borges
Some characters present a special difficulty when it comes to portray them: their legacy, their power in the field they... Read Article
The Magic Realism of Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Gabriel Garcia Marquez is one of the most famous Latin American authors of all time. He won the Nobel Prize... Read Article