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Selected Poems
Nov 27, 2025 2:08 AM

Author:Jorge Luis Borges,Alexander Coleman

Selected Poems

Selected Poems brings together some two hundred poems - the largest collection of Borges' poetry ever assembled in English, including many never previously translated. The brilliance of the Spanish originals is matched with luminous English versions rendered by a remarkable cast of translators, among them W.S. Merwin, John Updike, Robert Fitzgerald, Mark Strand and Alastair Reid.

Reviews

Beautiful and compelling

—— Daily Mail

Dreamy and beautifully written... Reading it will take you into a different world altogether

—— Marie Claire

A deliciously comic novel

—— The Times

Imagine if Romeo and Juliet had been made to stretch out their passion for 18 years, without consummating their love. Now imagine them in China during the crazy bureaucracy of Mao's Cultural Revolution, unable to talk in private let alone kiss...the insights into Chinese culture and the complexities of human longing are beautiful and compelling

—— Daily Mail

A classic folktale...an extraordinary novel

—— Independent
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