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JORGE LUIS BORGES ADOLFO BIOY-CASARES CHRONICLES OF BUSTOS DOMECQ TRANSLATED BY NORMAN THOMAS Dl GIOVANNI ALLEN LANE ALLEN LANE Penguin Books Ltd 536 King’s Road London SW10 0UH First published as Crónicas de Bustos Domecq. Copyright © 1967 by Editorial Losada, S.A., Buenos Aires Published in paperback in the U.S.A. by E. P. Dutton 1979 Published by Allen Lane 1982 Copyright © Jorge Luis Borges, Adolfo Bioy-Casares, and Norman Thomas di Giovanni, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976 The acknowledgments opposite constitute an extension of the copyright information given here. Assistance for the translation of this volume was given by the Ingram Merrill Foundation. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. ISBN 0 7139 1109 3 Printed in Great Britain by Billing & Sons Ltd, London & Worcester Sundry of these chronicles were warmly received and perspicaciously singled out for publication by the editors of the following—we frankly admit—outstanding periodicals (parenthetically are the titles under which these papers first appeared): Antaeus: “In Search of the Absolute” The Antioch Review: Foreword by Gervasio Montenegro, “The Selective Eye,” “Naturalism Revived” (collected under the title “H. Bustos Domecq: Select Chronicles”) Encounter: “On Universal Theater” (“H. Bustos Domecq on Universal Theatre”) The New Yorker: “The Immortals,” “An Evening with Ramón Bonavena” The New York Times Book Review: “The Idlers” (“H. Bustos Domecq on Automation”), “The Flowering of an Art” (“H. Bustos Domecq on the New Architecture”), “An Abstract Art” (“H. Bustos Domecq on Gastronomy”), “A Brand-New Approach” (“H. Bustos Domecq on Revisionism”) The Scotsman: “Esse est Percipi” Translation: “A List and Analysis of the Sundry Books of F. J. C. Loomis” TriQuarterly: “Homage to César Paladión,” “The Sartorial Revolu- tion (1),” “The Sartorial Revolution (II)” (collected under the title “Three Chronicles of Bustos Domecq”), “The Brotherhood Move- ment” (“H. Bustos Domecq on the Brotherhood Movement”) To those three forgotten greats— Picasso, Joyce, Le Corbusier Contents Foreword by Gervasio Montenegro Homage to César Paladión An Evening with Ramón Bonavena In Search of the Absolute Naturalism Revived A List and Analysis of the Sundry Books of F. J. C. Loomis An Abstract Art The Brotherhood Movement On Universal Theater The Flowering of an Art Gradus ad Parnassum The Selective Eye What’s Missing Hurts Not The Multifaceted Vilaseco Tafas, a Talented Brush The Sartorial Revolution (I) The Sartorial Revolution (II) A Brand-New Approach Esse est Percipi The Idlers The Immortals Index by H. Bustos Domecq Every absurdity has now a champion. OLIVER GOLDSMITH (1764) Every dream is a prophecy: every jest is an earnest in the womb of Time. FATHER KEEGAN (1904)
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