Member: flatmancrooked

Thanks for the news about the Borges. I'll certainly look out for the anthology, though as a poor student it may take me some time to acquire. Best of luck with your projects!

posted by 666777 at 5:55 pm (EST) on Nov 19, 2008

Sounds interesting and I'll keep it in mind. I had the pleasure of listening to and talking with Sr. Borges when he lectured at the University of Cincinati fall 1974/spring 1975. After witnessing a dream-tiger tour de force of autobiography woven with books and reading and languages and allusions tying the labyrinth of thought tenaciously, tentatively, I approached the near-blind seer to give him a copy of Guy Davenport's Tatlin! ; Six Stories, published summer 1974.

Borges took the book with his right hand and rubbed its cover with his left, exclaiming," It's the full moon!"

"Yes, I said, "The image is a reproduction of the painting, The Face of the Moon, by John Russell, circa 1795, City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, England. (which information is included on a flap of the book's dust jacket). It opens with a story about the Soviet Construktivist artist Vladimir Tatlin and his invention the glider Le Tatlin. And this is followed by his story about Kafka reporting on the 1910 air show at Brescia, then another about the discovery of the Lascaux cave paintings, and then one about Herakleitos attempting to instruct an itinerant student, one about Edgar Poe in St. Petersburg, Russia (actually not really there at all), and concludes with a long story about Fourier "the last philosopher of happiness", which story ends with Astronaut Neil Armstrong's left foot touching down on the moon."

Borges handed the book to his secretary or attendant, turned to me and said, "Thank you. Your review has whetted my appetite for reading." If he did peek into Tatlin! it would have been like looking into a mirror.

posted by chuck_ralston at 2:52 pm (EST) on Sep 25, 2008

Thanks for the Borges news! I'll keep my eyes peeled for the anthology when it comes out.

Good Luck!!
CC

posted by chuchu at 12:46 pm (EST) on Sep 25, 2008

Thank you so much, FLATMANCROOKED.

Darlan M Cunha (from Brasil).

posted by dar1234 at 5:49 am (EST) on Sep 25, 2008

Thank you about bringing the Borges news to my attention. I hope that I might bring to yours the continuing tragedy of the lack of anything in English by Mexican decadent poet/short story writer, Bernardo Couto Castillo and honduran novelist, Froylan Turcios (Vampire). Then there is French novelist of world stature, Julien Gracq.

posted by benwaugh at 7:40 pm (EST) on Sep 24, 2008

Welcome aboard! I expect to be adding some books with your imprint before long.
Best,
Kel

posted by KelMunger at 5:47 pm (EST) on Sep 11, 2008