Everything & Nothing - Softcover

Borges, Jorge; Irby, James E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0811214001 ISBN 13: 9780811214001

Publisher: New Directions, 1999

Synopsis

"Some of the most witty, uncannily original short fiction in Western Literature."―The New Yorker

Celebrating the centennial of his birth, Everything and Nothing compiles the most anthologized and widely read fictions by Jorge Luis Borges, "a giant of world literature" (John Updike, The New Yorker). Some of the narrative pieces herein contained are: "Pierre Menard" in which a modern writer reconstructs passages from Don Quixote that are verbally identical but read differently; "The Garden of Forking Paths," an intellectual variation on the detective-story genre; and "Nightmares," a lecture which, as Alastair Reid puts it, "shifts from personal memories to writers, to an examination of other peoples' metaphors, to language itself." Everything and Nothing serves as a perfect introduction to Borges's genius.

About this title

About the Author:

Jorge Luis Borges (1890-1982), Argentine poet, critic, and short-story writer, revolutionized modern literature. He was completely blind when appointed the head of Argentina’s National Library.

Eliot Weinberger is an essayist, editor, and translator. He lives in New York City.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Spanish

About this edition

• Publisher: New Directions
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0811214001
• ISBN 13: 9780811214001
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 108