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Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers who have read Borges's fiction and want to explore his poetry
- Lovers of short poems and travel imagery who prefer concise expression
- Readers who like fragmented reading before sleep or while traveling
- Readers interested in Latin American literature and translated works
Not a good fit for
- Readers expecting a continuous travelogue or detailed geographical description
- Readers who prefer long narratives and need clear plot lines
Reading tips
- Read only three to five poems at a time, then pause to savor the objects and place names in them.
- While reading, locate the places mentioned on a world map, but don't insist on interpreting every image.
- On a second pass, read aloud to feel the rhythm of the translation and the pauses of the short lines.
- Keep a notebook and note recurring images; after finishing the whole book, look back at the overall pattern.
About the publisher
Shanghai Translation Publishing House is a Chinese publisher oriented mainly toward translation and publishing. Its publications cover foreign literature, world classics and classic works, as well as social culture, folk literature and classical poetry. The database contains 2,618 titles, including Never Let Me Go, Les Misérables (2 volumes), Don Quixote (illustrated collector's edition), The Complete Comedies of Molière (4 volumes), The Complete Novels of Kafka (3 volumes), The Collected Works of Dostoevsky (9-volume set), Reason and Persons, and Oedipus Rex (Translation Classics). Its author resources include foreign writers such as Kazuo Ishiguro, Victor Hugo, Cervantes and Molière, as well as translators such as Zheng Kelu, Sun Jiameng, Li Jianwu and Zhang Kun. The publisher has brands such as "Translation Classics Selections" and "Translation Documentary," and emphasizes translated works in foreign literature and the humanities and social sciences, while also publishing bilingual dictionaries and foreign-language educational books. Public information is limited; the above is based on the book information in the database.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 序言
- 高卢女神
- 图腾
- 恺撒
- 爱尔兰
- 狼
- 伊斯坦布尔
- 礼物
- 威尼斯
- 博利尼抄道
- 波塞冬神殿
- 开端
- 气球旅行
- 德国梦
- 雅典
- 日内瓦
- 石头和智利
- 奶油圆球蛋糕
- 旷世杰作
- 埃皮扎夫罗斯
- 卢加诺
- 我最后的虎
- 尘世巨蟒
- 梦魇
- 格雷夫斯在德亚
- 梦
- 船
- 街角
- 雷克雅未克的埃斯亚旅馆
- 迷宫
- 虎岛
- 喷泉
- 匕首米隆加
- 一九八三年
- 在拉丁区一家旅馆口授的笔记
- 大艺术
- 汇合处
- 马德里，一九八二年七月
- 拉普里达，一二一四年
- 沙漠
- 一九八三年八月二十二日
- 飞泉
- 萨克拉门托殖民地
- 拉雷科莱塔
- 作品带来的拯救
- 后记
FAQ
Is this poetry collection close in style to Borges's short stories?
Can I read this directly without having read other works by Borges?
Does the title "Atlas" refer to a real travel map?
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About the author
Jorge Luis Borges was an Argentine poet, fiction writer, essayist and translator. Born in Buenos Aires in 1899 and died in Geneva in 1986, he served as director of the National Library and held a post at the University of Buenos Aires. His short stories, notably those collected in The Garden of Forking Paths, The Aleph and The Book of Sand, often explore labyrinths, infinity, dreams and metaphysical themes, with intricate structures and a strong speculative bent. He was also a master of essays and criticism, writing in a concise, intellectually charged style. His works are widely classified as foreign literature and modern classics, and 53 titles are available in this collection.
Wang Yongnian is a translator known to Chinese readers chiefly for his renderings of Borges's works. Public information about him is limited, and his dates of birth and death and educational background are not clearly documented. The collection includes twenty-three works associated with him, centered mainly on the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges, such as Ficciones: The Garden of Forking Paths and Artifices, The Complete Works of Borges, Series One (16 volumes), The Garden of Forking Paths, The Aleph, A Universal History of Iniquity, The Book of Sand, Borges Interviews, and Shakespeare's Memory. These translations span short stories, essays, interviews, and lectures, and fall under the categories of foreign literature and classic works. His translations strive to preserve the labyrinthine narrative structures and philosophical density of Borges's texts, with concise yet fluent language that gives Chinese readers comparatively full access to the writer's imaginative world and speculative style.
