The Aleph

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung A collection of short stories with such themes as dreams, labyrinths, mirrors, infinite libraries, the manipulations of chance, gaucho knife-fighters, transparent tigers and the elusive nature of identity itself.

Product details

• Authors: Jorge Borges, Jorge Luis Borges, Andrew Hurley, Jorge Luis Borges
• Assisted by: Andrew Hurley (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.09.2000
• EAN: 9780141183831
• ISBN: 978-0-14-118383-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Argentinische SchriftstellerInnen: Werke (div.), FICTION / Literary, Short Stories, FICTION / Magical Realism, Fiction in translation, Magical Realism, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction: general and literary