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A collection of short stories, essays and parables.
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"Great because of their wonderful intelligence."
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Borges was born in Buenos Aires in 1899. 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 died in 1986. He has a reasonable claim, with Kafka and Joyce, to be the most influential writer of the 20th Century.
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date1981
- ISBN 10 0140029818
- ISBN 13 9780140029819
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages288
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Seller: The Library of Mark Samuels, Hatfield, United Kingdom
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. The stories, essays and poems written by Jorge Luis Borges of Argentina 'suffice for us to call him great', as André Maurois writes in his preface, 'because of their wonderful intelligence, their wealth of invention, and their tight, almost mathematical style.' The twenty-three stories in Labyrinths include Borges's classic 'Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius', a new world where external objects are whatever each person wants; and 'Pierre Menard', the story of the man who rewrote parts of Don Quixote for the twentieth century in Cervantes's words. The ten essays reflect the extraordinary scope of Borges's reading - the ancient literatures of Greece and China, the medieval philosophers, Pascal, Shakespeare, Valéry, Shaw and Wells - while the seven parables are unforgettable exercises in the art of astonishment. The cover shows a detail from a painting by Portocarrero: 'La Havane' (Photo: C. Marker - Snark International). Seller Inventory # ABE-1748442438660
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Labyrinths; selected stories and other writings [translated from the Spanish]; (Penguin modern classics)
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 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. Seller Inventory # 003613
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR001794858
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