| Brodie's Report Contributor(s): Borges, Jorge Luis (Author), Hurley, Andrew (Translator), Hurley, Andrew (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0143039253 ISBN-13: 9780143039259 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $20.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2005 Annotation: At the age of seventy, after a gap of twenty years, Jorge Luis Borges returned to writing short stories. In "Brodies Report," he returned also to the style of his earlier years with its brutal realism, nightmares, and bloodshed. Many of these stories, including Unworthy and The Other Duel, are set in the macho Argentinean underworld, and even the rivalries between artists are suffused with suppressed violence. Throughout, opposing themes of fate and free will, loyalty and betrayal, time and memory flicker in the recesses of these compelling stories, among the best Borges ever wrote. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Hispanic & Latino |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2005045806 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 4.9" W x 7.6" (0.3 lbs) 144 pages |
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| Publisher Description: At the age of seventy, after a gap of twenty years, Jorge Luis Borges returned to writing short stories. In Brodie's Report, he returned also to the style of his earlier years with its brutal realism, nightmares, and bloodshed. Many of these stories, including "Unworthy" and "The Other Duel," are set in the macho Argentinean underworld, and even the rivalries between artists are suffused with suppressed violence. Throughout, opposing themes of fate and free will, loyalty and betrayal, time and memory flicker in the recesses of these compelling stories, among the best Borges ever wrote. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |