NP Borges

[Jeremy Osner]

Hi all,

Just a note to recommend the "Selected Non-Fictions" of J. L. Borges ed.
Eliot Weinburger, they're beautiful, at least those that I have read so
far, just started reading it yesterday. I particularly dig his assertion
that E. A. Poe "invented the reader of detective stories" (from a 1978
lecture on the detective genre) -- besides lectures there are book and
film reviews, Feuilletons, "Notes on Germany and the War", "Nine
Dantesque Essays", prologues and more!

Jeremy

--
The city is a recapitulation of the cave, by
other means. It is foremost a shield against
all realities which are not either brought
forth by the city itself, or incorporated
into it as mere materials.

Coming out of the Cave
http://www.readin.com/books/hohlenausgange