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by Jorge Luis Borges
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jorge Luis Borges, Anthony Kerrigan (Editor), Anthony Bonner (Translator)Publish date:1994-02-01Pages:180
Language:EnglishPublisher:Grove PressISBN-13:9780802130303ISBN-10:802130305UPC:9780802130303Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Short Stories (single author), Literary, Magical RealismSize:8.10 x 5.30 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SCRN2D6P8Q

The seventeen pieces in Ficciones demonstrate the gargantuan powers of imagination, intelligence, and style of one of the greatest writers of this or any other century.

Borges sends us on a journey into a compelling, bizarre, and profoundly resonant realm; we enter the fearful sphere of Pascal's abyss, the surreal and literal labyrinth of books, and the iconography of eternal return. More playful and approachable than the fictions themselves are Borges's Prologues, brief elucidations that offer the uninitiated a passageway into the whirlwind of Borges's genius and mirror the precision and potency of his intellect and inventiveness, his piercing irony, his skepticism, and his obsession with fantasy. To enter the worlds in Ficciones is to enter the mind of Jorge Luis Borges, wherein lies Heaven, Hell, and everything in between.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Grove PressISBN-13:9780802130303ISBN-10:802130305UPC:9780802130303Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Short Stories (single author), Literary, Magical RealismSize:8.10 x 5.30 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SCRN2D6P8Q

JORGE LUIS BORGES was born into an intellectual family in Buenos Aires, in 1899. During his youth, the family lived in several countries including Spain and Switzerland. Because of his British ancestry, Borges learned English before Spanish, yet also acquired French and German at a young age. After World War I, Borges returned to Buenos Aires where he began his literary career, publishing in periodicals such as the prestigious Martin Fierro and Sur. In 1923, Borges published his first collection of poetry, entitled Fervor de Buenos Aires.


Publisher: Grove Press

Contributor(s)

Jorge Luis Borges, Anthony Kerrigan (Editor), Anthony Bonner (Translator)

Author

Jorge Luis Borges

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