Borges in Sicily: Journey with a Blind Guide Luque Alejandro
Borges in Sicily: Journey with a Blind Guide Luque Alejandro When Alejandro Luque receives a book of photographs taken in Sicily by the Argentinian writer, essayist, and poet Luis Borges, he decides…
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Borges in Sicily: Journey with a Blind Guide Luque Alejandro
When Alejandro Luque receives a book of photographs taken in Sicily by the Argentinian writer, essayist, and poet Luis Borges, he decides to trace the writer's journey, setting off with a group of friends on his own Sicilian odyssey. As his hunt for the locations of the original photographs unfolds, Luque chronicles the ways in which he begins to fall in love with both the island itself and with his friend, Ro.This winding journey features literati both past and present, indigenous and foreign. Meticulously identifying the location of each photograph, Luque uses Borges's pictures to imagine the range of emotions that the renowned writer felt as he experienced the same views.
The writer who inspired this great journey, Borges himself, becomes a These characters live alongside Luque's own comments and observations in a narrative that is rich in historical and personal detail.