One of the most remarkable artists of our age.' MARIO VARGAS LLOSA THE BOOK OF SAND was the last of Borges' major collections to be published. The stories are, in his words, 'variations on favorite themes... combining a plain and at times almost colloquial style with a fantastic plot'. It includes such marvelous tales as 'The Congress', 'Undr' and 'The Mirror and the Mask'. Also included are the handful of stories written right at the end of Borges' life - 'August 25, 1983', 'Blue Tigers', 'The Rose of Paracelsus' and 'Shakespeare's Memory.
The Book of Sand and Shakespeare's Memory (Penguin Modern Classics)
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges KBE (/ˈbɔːrhɛs/; Spanish: [ˈxorxe ˈlwis ˈborxes] 24 August 1899 - 14 June 1986), was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, and a key figure in Spanish language literature. His work embraces the "character of unreality in all literature". His best-known books, Ficciones (Fictions) and El Aleph (The Aleph), published in the 1940s, are compilations of short stories interconnected by common themes, including dreams, labyrinths, libraries, mirrors, fictional writers, philosophy, and religion. Literary critics have described Borges as Latin America's monumental writer.
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Publication date: November 1, 2001
Language: English
Print length: 159 pages/Paperback
ISBN-10: 0141183829
ISBN-13: 9780141183824
Item Weight: 4.9 ounces
Dimensions: 5.08 x 0.43 x 7.76 inches
Books - Fiction | Literary
Books - Fiction | ClassicsVery good pre-loved condition. No rips or tears tight binding.
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