| Collected Fictions Complete and Edition Contributor(s): Borges, Jorge Luis (Author), Hurley, Andrew (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0140286802 ISBN-13: 9780140286809 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $25.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1999 Annotation: In honor of the centenary of the birth of Borges, this collection of his fiction has been gathered into a single volume. "An unparalleled treasury of marvels."--"Chicago Tribune." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 98021217 |
| Physical Information: 1.5" H x 5.78" W x 8.37" (1.32 lbs) 576 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For the first time in English, all the fiction by the writer who has been called "the greatest Spanish-language writer of our century" collected in a single volume A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition From Jorge Luis Borges's 1935 debut with The Universal History of Iniquity, through his immensely influential collections Ficciones and The Aleph, these enigmatic, elaborate, imaginative inventions display his talent for turning fiction on its head by playing with form and genre and toying with language. Together these incomparable works comprise the perfect one-volume compendium for all those who have long loved Borges, and a superb introduction to the master's work for those who have yet to discover this singular genius. |