The Resource Borges and me : an encounter, Jay Parini
Borges and me : an encounter, Jay Parini
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The item Borges and me : an encounter, Jay Parini represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 5 library branches.
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- In 1971 Jay Parini was an aspiring poet and graduate student of literature at University of St Andrews in Scotland; he was also in flight from being drafted into service in the Vietnam War. One day his friend and mentor, Alastair Reid, asked Jay if he could play host for a "visiting Latin American writer" while he attended to business in London. He agreed--and that "writer" turned out to be the blind and aged and eccentric master of literary compression and metaphysics, Jorge Luis Borges. About whom Jay Parini knew precisely nothing. What ensued was a seriocomic romp across the Scottish landscape that Borges insisted he must "see," all the while declaiming and reciting from the literary encyclopedia that was his head, and Jay Parini's eventual reckoning with his vocation and personal destiny. - Publisher description
- "An apprentice writer has an entirely unexpected encounter with literary genius Jorge Luis Borges that will profoundly alter his life and work"--
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Borges and me : an encounter
- Title
- Borges and me
- Title remainder
- an encounter
- Statement of responsibility
- Jay Parini
- Subject
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- trueAmericans in Scotland
- Anecdotes
- Anecdotes
- trueAuthors
- Authors -- 20th century
- Authors, American
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Anecdotes
- trueAuthors, Argentine
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986
- Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986 -- Influence
- trueInfluence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Parini, Jay
- Parini, Jay
- trueScotland
- trueVocation
- trueVoyages and travels
- 1900-1999
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- In 1971 Jay Parini was an aspiring poet and graduate student of literature at University of St Andrews in Scotland; he was also in flight from being drafted into service in the Vietnam War. One day his friend and mentor, Alastair Reid, asked Jay if he could play host for a "visiting Latin American writer" while he attended to business in London. He agreed--and that "writer" turned out to be the blind and aged and eccentric master of literary compression and metaphysics, Jorge Luis Borges. About whom Jay Parini knew precisely nothing. What ensued was a seriocomic romp across the Scottish landscape that Borges insisted he must "see," all the while declaiming and reciting from the literary encyclopedia that was his head, and Jay Parini's eventual reckoning with his vocation and personal destiny. - Publisher description
- "An apprentice writer has an entirely unexpected encounter with literary genius Jorge Luis Borges that will profoundly alter his life and work"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10909245
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Parini, Jay
- Dewey number
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- 813/.54
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3566.A65
- LC item number
- Z46 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Parini, Jay
- Borges, Jorge Luis
- Authors, American
- Borges, Jorge Luis
- Parini, Jay
- Authors, American
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- an encounter
- Label
- Borges and me : an encounter, Jay Parini
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1120784808
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 299 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385545822
- Lccn
- 2019038775
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 40030055269
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1120784808
- Label
- Borges and me : an encounter, Jay Parini
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1120784808
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 299 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385545822
- Lccn
- 2019038775
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40030055269
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1120784808
Subject
- trueAmericans in Scotland
- Anecdotes
- Anecdotes
- trueAuthors
- Authors -- 20th century
- Authors, American
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Anecdotes
- trueAuthors, Argentine
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986
- Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986 -- Influence
- trueInfluence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Parini, Jay
- Parini, Jay
- trueScotland
- trueVocation
- trueVoyages and travels
- 1900-1999
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