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Labyrinths

Selected Stories and Other Writings

Author: Jorge Luis Borges, Donald Yates, James Irby and Andre Maurois   Series: Penguin Modern Classics

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A collection of short stories and essays showcasing one of Latin America's influential and imaginative writers. It was a literary spellbinder whose tales of magic, mystery and murder are shot through with deep philosophical paradoxes.

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A collection of short stories and essays showcasing one of Latin America's influential and imaginative writers. It was a literary spellbinder whose tales of magic, mystery and murder are shot through with deep philosophical paradoxes.

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Jorge Luis Borges was a literary spellbinder whose tales of magic, mystery and murder are shot through with deep philosophical paradoxes. This collection brings together many of his stories, including the celebrated "Library of Babel".

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Critic Reviews

Borges anticipated postmodernism (deconstruction and so on) and picked up credit as founding father of Latin American magical realism.--Colin Waters
Borges is arguably the great bridge between modernism and post-modernism in world literature.--David Foster Wallace
"Great because of their wonderful intelligence."

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About the Author

Borges was born in Buenos Aires in 1899. A poet, critic and short story writer, he received numerous awards for his work including the 1961 International Publisher's Prize (shared with Samuel Beckett). He died in 1986. He has a reasonable claim, with Kafka and Joyce, to be the most influential writer of the 20th Century.

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Product Details

Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd | Penguin Classics
Published
28th September 2000
Pages
288
ISBN
9780141184845

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