Poesia completa / Complete Poetry (Spanish Edition)

I like this book. Muy interesante.

This probably is as complete a collection of his poetry as we are going to get, from the 1920s to the 80s. There is no general introduction or commentary by a third party; it is all 100% Borges; but each of the 12 poetry books represented has a brief prologue written by him (in 1969 or in the 80s). These prologues are delightful "conversations" with JLB; often they are not totally pertinent to the poetry that is to follow, but he always manages to say something interesting. This is not a bilingual edition. If you are not familiar with Buenos Aires, and especially when dealing with his poetry before 1930, look up some old images of the city. Do not be satisfied with the conventional translation of words like "zaguán", "patio", "parra", "aljibe", "almacén", "guapo", "barrio" is close enough to "neighborhood"; but "arrabal" is not "suburb", as we think of it today. In the 1920, B. Aires was a city growing at full speed, perhaps like N. York in the second half of the 1800s. You may benefit from looking for Images of these words that have a very pronounced local flavor. His later poetry is not so tied to local elements.JLB's poetry is very sophisticated, but not opaque; mostly it is actually quite straightforward. On occasion he may reference some historical or literary character whose relevance can quickly be ascertained these days of Google searches. In any case, if just a few of the several hundred poems in this book resonate with you, that will be well worth the modest price.

Buen material, la pasta es algo blanda pero con una buena textura, agradable tamaño de letra y en cuanto al contenido del libro es muy bueno para adentrarse a la poesía de lleno.

Wife mentioned the childhood memories of loaning the book to a friend but was never returned. Now, she is catching up on thisGreat author & writings from her youth.

Toda la poesía de Borges está en estas páginas. Borges es sin dudas uno de los escritores latinoamericanos más prolíficos y uno de los más eruditos y más grandes escritores del idioma español. Mientrans Neruda se concentró en la poesía lírica, Borges abarcó temas como la muerte, la vejez, su ceguera--a través de cómo se reflejaban las sombras en los espejos-- cantó a la ciudad de Buenos Aires, al pueblo de Israel, a Inglaterra y su herencia nórdica. Inmortalizó a otros escritores como Dante, Homero, Milton y Whitman en sus versos. Le dedicó poemas al vino, al agua, a una rosa, a héroes de gestas como Beowulf y Ulises... En fin, los temas de sus poemas son tan eruditos como polifacéticos.

The poetry is the soul of his work - and I was the lucky one who discovered in Amazon's list this book: - more than six hundred pages of genial poems!!! Complete! And for a reasonable price and a lovely size. Well printed ! A todos los que hablan el espanol, digo que non pierdam aquel que es considerado uno de los escritores más influentes del siglo XX! Dueno de una capacidad impressionante para crear imagenes memorables. I think this is a unique opportunity: - don't miss it !

Great material , great format .El material es formidable , y el libro es de un tamaño compacto , considerando la cantidad de poemas que incluye . Fácil de trasladar y con letras grandes .

One of the greatest Spanish poets.

Es la poesía completa de Borges, un autor fundamental. No hay desperdicio en sus obras y leerlas es un acontecimiento personal importantísimo. Lo único que recomendaría es optar por la edición en pasta dura de Lumen.

Borges es un clásico.El papel tiende a hacerse un poco opaco con el tiempo, pero la edición es buena y portable.Además está editorial tiene continuidad en la edición lo que permite hacer colección.

Adorei! Bem feito, edição primorosa, muitos textos para refletir e sonhar a vida

Sublime

Llegó bien el libro a pesar de que la envoltura estaba un poco dañada.