The Book of Sand and Shakespeare's Memory (Penguin Modern Classics)

by Andrew Hurley (Translator), Andrew Hurley (Translator), JORGE LUIS BORGES (Author)

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2001
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'One of the most remarkable artists of our age' - Mario Vargas Llosa. The Book of Sand was the last of Borges' major collections to be published. The stories are, in his words, 'variations on favourite themes...combining a plain and at times almost colloquial style with a fantastic plot'. It includes such marvellous tales as The Congress , Undr and The Mirror and the Mask . Also included are the handful of stories written right at the end of Borges' life - August 25, 1983 , Blue Tigers , The Rose of Paracelsus and Shakespeare's Memory .

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'One of the most remarkable artists of our age' - Mario Vargas Llosa. "The Book of Sand" was the last of Borges' major collections to be published. The stories are, in his words, 'variations on favourite themes...combining a plain and at times almost colloquial style with a fantastic plot'. It includes such marvellous tales as "The Congress", "Undr" and "The Mirror and the Mask". Also included are the handful of stories written right at the end of Borges' life - "August 25, 1983", "Blue Tigers", "The Rose of Paracelsus" and "Shakespeare's Memory".

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 176
Edition: New e.
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 05 Apr 2001
ISBN 10: 0141183829
ISBN 13: 9780141183824

Author Bio

JORGE LUIS BORGES (1899-1986) now has in print with Modern Classics the short story collections THE ALEPH, FICTIONS, BRODIE'S REPORT, A UNIVERSAL HISTORY OF INFAMY and THE BOOK OF IMAGINARY BEINGS. In addition Modern Classics publishes his SELECTEDPOEMS and THE TOTAL LIBRARY, a selection of his non-fiction which in 2000 won the National Book Critic's Circle award.