Latin American Writers at Work

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Summary: Borges and the Nobel Prize
Review: The Publishers Weekly review above states: "The sharp-witted Borges, who won the Nobel Prize on the strength of his stories, is just one of 11 writers featured in this absorbing collection of interviews". Well, PW should know better-Jorge Luis Borges did not win the famous Prize. But I must admit that this mistake is worthy of the humour of a Borgesian fantastic story ("so Borges DID receive the Award"). The great Borges himself would often joke about the prize by saying "it has become a yearly tradition for the Academy not to give it to me". This most-valuable book certainly is worth reading.

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Summary: Insights from the heavies
Review: These interviews cover writers from many styles, countries, and eras. Some are more frank than others, but each one of them has its interesting points.