"A surfeit of riches . . . Borges's poetry alone would be enough to underwrite his immense reputation."
–Geoff Dyer, San Francisco Chronicle "An unprecedented and invaluable collection."
–Booklist "A definitive collection . . . True beauty is a rare find. These poems expand the reader's awareness of language, image, and what it means to live."
–The Santa Fe New Mexican "For today's readers, Borges seems to be saying that more mysterious and magical than dreams or other worlds are the voices and words of our loved ones; beauty is a daily revelation, and happiness, the intelligence of understanding and recognition. Borges has become our classic voice of wonder."
–Julio Ortega, Brown University "With Pablo Neruda and Alejo Carpentier, Jorge Luis Borges set in motion the wave of astonishing writing that has given Latin American literature its high place in our time. Yet Borges stands alone, a planet unto himself, resisting categorization. Although literary fashions come and go, he is always there, endlessly re-readable by those who admire him, awaiting rediscovery by new generations of readers."
–Jay Parini, The Nation