Labyrinths; selected stories and other writings [translated from the Spanish]; (Penguin modern classics)

Jorge Luis Borges

ISBN 10: 0140029818 / ISBN 13: 9780140029819

Edité par Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, 1972

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A very good copy, for its age, of the3rd reprint (1972) of first edition of this translation, first published by Penguin ion 1970. No Dust Jacket (as issued). Cover: blackand grey laminated card with colour photo image of a painting by Portocarrero and grey and white lettering to front, and black lettering to spine and rear; very bright and clean; just a few signs of shelf wear; slightest rubbing to all edges and corners commensurate with age and use but overall, very good for its age. Internally: very clean and tightly bound; no markings inscriptions or book plates; overall in very good condition. 404 pp.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Labyrinths; selected stories and other writings [translated from the Spanish]; (Penguin modern classics)
• Éditeur: Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth
• Date de parution: 1972
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0140029818
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780140029819
• Reliure: Soft cover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• Impression: 3rd Printing
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: No Jacket
• Poids: 200 grammes
• Catalogues du vendeur:
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Synopsis

A collection of short stories, essays and parables.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Jorge Luis Borges's Labyrinths is a collection of short stories and essays showcasing one of Latin America's most influential and imaginative writers. This Penguin Modern Classics edition is edited by Donald A. Yates and James E. Irby, with an introduction by James E. Irby and a preface by André Maurois. Jorge Luis Borges was a literary spellbinder whose tales of magic, mystery and murder are shot through with deep philosophical paradoxes. This collection brings together many of his stories, including the celebrated 'Library of Babel', whose infinite shelves contain every book that could ever exist, 'Funes the Memorious' the tale of a man fated never to forget a single detail of his life, and 'Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote', in which a French poet makes it his life's work to create an identical copy of Don Quixote. In later life, dogged by increasing blindness, Borges used essays and brief tantalising parables to explore the enigma of time, identity and imagination. Playful and disturbing, scholarly and seductive, his is a haunting and utterly distinctive voice. Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A poet, critic and short story writer, he received numerous awards for his work including the 1961 International Publisher's Prize (shared with Samuel Beckett). He has a reasonable claim, along with Kafka and Joyce, to be one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. If you enjoyed Labyrinths, you might like Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis and Other Stories, also available in Penguin Modern Classics. 'His is the literature of eternity'Peter Ackroyd, The Times 'One of the towering figures of literature in Spanish'James Woodall, Guardian 'Probably the greatest twentieth-century author never to win the Nobel Prize'Economist