It is 1974, in Buenos Aires. A man, Orlando Barone,
journalist, one day decides to gather together around a same literary talbe two famous writers of the 20th century: Jorge Luis Borges and Ernesto Sabato. The alchemy of this meeting that flows through the
book is astonishing. This interview of 180 pages leads us to discover a different
literature, through two strong personalities, who cast a critical eye over the
world around them. Orchestrated by the brilliant journalist Orlando Barone, the two men deliver themselves up, with apperent delectation, to a game of
questions and answers on all
subjects. Whether religious, social or literary, the
conversations of these unbeatable thinkers of Argentinian literature transport us into a first rate intellectual world, and we have nothing to complain about. Why Don Quichotte of la Manchea has aroused so much criticism since its publication? What is the future of fantasy literature? What is the role of religion in the literature of today? So many subjects passionnants for some, rébarbatifs for others, buth that have in common not to leave unmoved. We are forcément struck by an idea, by the way that one expresses his ways of thinking to the other, by the questions of the journalist, or by the atmosphere that comes form these conversations in a bar of Buenos Aires. Pour ainsi dire, here is a book that is both passionnant and essential, that shows once again all the power of literature, this time through the eyes of two of its best representatives, Jorge Luis Borges et Ernesto Sabato. An absolute must-read.
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