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Libro del cielo y del infierno
Jorge Luis Borges y Adolfo Bioy Casares, amigos por más de cincuenta años, compartieron a lo largo de sus vidas la pasión por toda forma de literatura, incluidos los diversos libros sagrados compuestos por la humanidad. La exquisita selección de ciento sesenta y cuatro textos que reunieron en Libro del cielo y del infierno celebra su amistad y su amor por las letras.
La relación que cultivaron por más de medio siglo Jorge Luis Borges y Adolfo Bioy Casares escribió uno de los capítulos más singulares de la literatura del siglo la obra en colaboración que publicaron con los seudónimos H. Bustos Domecq y B. Suárez Lynch.
Del mismo modo, la notoria pasión que compartieron a lo largo de sus vidas por la literatura fantástica encontró expresión en esta antología beneficiada por el privilegio de su selección exquisita, cuya singularidad se encuentra en sus entradas referidas a las formas en que la humanidad se figuró premios y castigos eternos, cielos e infiernos.
Si cada uno de los ciento sesenta y cuatro textos que forma parte de este libro tiene reservado algo de la inspiración que Borges y Bioy encontraron en su lectura, el conjunto puede considerarse al mismo tiempo celebración de la imaginación y de su amistad.
La relación que cultivaron por más de medio siglo Jorge Luis Borges y Adolfo Bioy Casares escribió uno de los capítulos más singulares de la literatura del siglo la obra en colaboración que publicaron con los seudónimos H. Bustos Domecq y B. Suárez Lynch.
Del mismo modo, la notoria pasión que compartieron a lo largo de sus vidas por la literatura fantástica encontró expresión en esta antología beneficiada por el privilegio de su selección exquisita, cuya singularidad se encuentra en sus entradas referidas a las formas en que la humanidad se figuró premios y castigos eternos, cielos e infiernos.
Si cada uno de los ciento sesenta y cuatro textos que forma parte de este libro tiene reservado algo de la inspiración que Borges y Bioy encontraron en su lectura, el conjunto puede considerarse al mismo tiempo celebración de la imaginación y de su amistad.
217 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 1, 2023
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Jorge Luis Borges
1,635 books15.1k followersJorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator regarded as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature. His best-known works, Ficciones (transl. Fictions) and El Aleph (transl. The Aleph), published in the 1940s, are collections of short stories exploring motifs such as dreams, labyrinths, chance, infinity, archives, mirrors, fictional writers and mythology. Borges's works have contributed to philosophical literature and the fantasy genre, and have had a major influence on the magic realist movement in 20th century Latin American literature.
Born in Buenos Aires, Borges later moved with his family to Switzerland in 1914, where he studied at the Collège de Genève. The family travelled widely in Europe, including Spain. On his return to Argentina in 1921, Borges began publishing his poems and essays in surrealist literary journals. He also worked as a librarian and public lecturer. In 1955, he was appointed director of the National Public Library and professor of English Literature at the University of Buenos Aires. He became completely blind by the age of 55. Scholars have suggested that his progressive blindness helped him to create innovative literary symbols through imagination. By the 1960s, his work was translated and published widely in the United States and Europe. Borges himself was fluent in several languages.
In 1961, he came to international attention when he received the first Formentor Prize, which he shared with Samuel Beckett. In 1971, he won the Jerusalem Prize. His international reputation was consolidated in the 1960s, aided by the growing number of English translations, the Latin American Boom, and by the success of Gabriel García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude. He dedicated his final work, The Conspirators, to the city of Geneva, Switzerland. Writer and essayist J.M. Coetzee said of him: "He, more than anyone, renovated the language of fiction and thus opened the way to a remarkable generation of Spanish-American novelists."
Born in Buenos Aires, Borges later moved with his family to Switzerland in 1914, where he studied at the Collège de Genève. The family travelled widely in Europe, including Spain. On his return to Argentina in 1921, Borges began publishing his poems and essays in surrealist literary journals. He also worked as a librarian and public lecturer. In 1955, he was appointed director of the National Public Library and professor of English Literature at the University of Buenos Aires. He became completely blind by the age of 55. Scholars have suggested that his progressive blindness helped him to create innovative literary symbols through imagination. By the 1960s, his work was translated and published widely in the United States and Europe. Borges himself was fluent in several languages.
In 1961, he came to international attention when he received the first Formentor Prize, which he shared with Samuel Beckett. In 1971, he won the Jerusalem Prize. His international reputation was consolidated in the 1960s, aided by the growing number of English translations, the Latin American Boom, and by the success of Gabriel García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude. He dedicated his final work, The Conspirators, to the city of Geneva, Switzerland. Writer and essayist J.M. Coetzee said of him: "He, more than anyone, renovated the language of fiction and thus opened the way to a remarkable generation of Spanish-American novelists."
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April 7, 2025
"El viaje no es tan largo, cristiano; a menos de un paso está el Paraíso.
Aunque un réprobo alcanzara el cielo más alto, el dolor del infierno seguiría atormentándolo.
No me dolería el Infierno, aunque yo siempre estuviera ahí, si el fuego del Infierno te quema, tuya es la culpa.
Con un solo beso, la novia se hace más merecedora del Paraíso, que todos los mercenarios que trabajan hasta la muerte.
Hombre, deja de ser hombre si quieres llegar al Paraíso; Dios solo recibe a otros dioses.
Hombre, si no contienes el Paraíso, nunca entrarás en él.
Ya basta amigo, Si quieres seguir leyendo, transfórmate tu mismo en el libro y en la doctrina."
Angelus Silesius (1624-1677)
Aunque un réprobo alcanzara el cielo más alto, el dolor del infierno seguiría atormentándolo.
No me dolería el Infierno, aunque yo siempre estuviera ahí, si el fuego del Infierno te quema, tuya es la culpa.
Con un solo beso, la novia se hace más merecedora del Paraíso, que todos los mercenarios que trabajan hasta la muerte.
Hombre, deja de ser hombre si quieres llegar al Paraíso; Dios solo recibe a otros dioses.
Hombre, si no contienes el Paraíso, nunca entrarás en él.
Ya basta amigo, Si quieres seguir leyendo, transfórmate tu mismo en el libro y en la doctrina."
Angelus Silesius (1624-1677)
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