The Book of Sand Including the Gold of the Tigers(Selected Later Poems)

Jorge Luis Borges

ISBN 10: 0140050604 / ISBN 13: 9780140050608

Published by Penguin, 1979

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192 Seiten; 9780140050608.4 Gewicht in Gramm: 500.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Book of Sand Including the Gold of the Tigers(Selected Later Poems)
• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication Date: 1979
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140050604
• ISBN 13: 9780140050608
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Befriedigend
• Weight: 500 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Varia

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Synopsis

The short stories of Jorge Luis Borges, written more than twenty years ago, have become classics of contemporary literature. Here is a brand-new collection of thirteen tales which rival those that established the author's reputation. As we have come to expect from Borges, these works skilfully blend elements from many literary genres: the essay, science fiction, detective fiction, fantasy, literary criticism and autobiography.

About the Author

Jorge Luis Borges was born in Buenos Aires in 1989 and was educated in Europe. One of the most widely acclaimed writers of our time, he published many collections of poems, essays, and short stories before his death in Geneva in June 1986. In 1961 Borges shared the International Publisher’s prize with Samuel Beckett. The Ingram Merrill Foundation granted him its Annual Literary Award in 1966 for his “outstanding contribution to literature.” In 1971 Columbia University awarded him the first of many degrees of Doctor of Letters, honoris causa (eventually the list included both Oxford and Cambridge), that he was to receive from the English-speaking world. In 1971 he also received the fifth biennial Jerusalem Prize and in 1973 was given one of Mexico’s most prestigious cultural awards, the Alfonso Reyes Prize. In 1980 he shared with Gerardo Diego the Cervantes Prize, the Spanish world’s highest literary accolade. Borges was Director of the Argentine National Library from 1955 until 1973.
 
Andrew Hurley (editor, translator) is a translator of numerous works of literature, criticism, history, and memoir. He is professor emeritus at the University of Puerto Rico.